COMPLETE FILMOGRAPHY WITH SYNOPSIS

Producer (feature film)

1.

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Interview and film clips trace Sidney Poitier''''s rise from humble beginnings in the Bahamas to his position as the first black super-star.

Sweet 15 (1990)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A two-part "WonderWorks" presentation about a middle-class Mexican-American teenager living in Los Angeles who comes to her father's aid when she discovers that he is an illegal alien.

5.

Dangerous Man, A (1990)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
After his World War I triumphs in the Arab deserts, T.E. Lawrence encounters a collection of power-broker diplomats at the 1919 Paris Peace Conference, where he risks his reputation in order to fulfill his promise to create an Arab homeland free of foreign intervention.

6.

Harold Lloyd: The Third Genius (1989)
as Funding
A two-part documentary about the life of film comedian Harold Lloyd, covering his beginnings in Hollywood, his time with Hal Roach's acting company, and the advent of sound in motion pictures. Lloyd's life is drawn from film clips, home movies, photo stills and interviews with colleagues, family and

7.

Bacall On Bogart (1988)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Lauren Bacall hosts this extraordinary documentary on her life on- and off-screen with her late husband, Humphrey Bogart.

8.

Necessary Parties (1988)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A two-part "WonderWorks" presentation about a youngster's struggles to hold his family together after his parents decide to get a divorce.

9.

Taking Care of Terrific (1987)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A young girl places herself and the child for whom she babysits in jeopardy when she joins a street musician to organize a special evening for the neighborhood homeless.

10.

Maricela (1986)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A teenage immigrant from El Salvador finds herself stuck between wanting to hold on to her cultural roots and the desire to be accepted by her American peers.

11.

Little Sister, The (1986)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A drama about growing up on the streets of a major American city. The story focuses on a troubled young woman from a wealthy and respected New England family who, after getting into trouble with the law, becomes entangled in a strange relationship with a dedicated juvenile probation officer for the

12.

Anne of Green Gables (1986)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A four-part Canadian adaptation of L.M. Montgomery's classic novel for young people. An elderly bachelor and his spinster sister want to adopt an orphan to help with the farm chores. But the orphanage mistakenly sends a mischievous, talkative, headstrong girl.The drama relates the adventures of Anne

13.

God's Country (1986)
as Funding
Minnesota farmers deal with overproduction and foreclosures.

14.

For Us the Living: The Medgar Evers Story (1983)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
The story of black civil rights leader, Medgar Evers, who worked as field director in Jackson, Mississippi, for the NAACP, and who, after delivering a speech in which he vowed to complete the task of assuring equal right to the African-Americans of Jackson, was assassinated on June 11, 1963.

15.

Overdrawn at the Memory Bank (1983)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A comic science-fiction story about an anti-hero in a not-so-distant time. Aram Fingal, a tiny cog in the giant wheel of a huge conglomerate, becomes lost in the inner workings of a massive computer when he illegally taps its off-limits "old movie" storage bank, and is "trans-computerized" into Rick

Production Companies (feature film)

16.

Beyond Hatred (2007)
In September 2002, three French neofascist 'skinheads' went to a public park in Rheims looking for an 'Arab' to attack when they came across Francois Chenu, a young gay man. When he refused to deny his homosexuality when taunted with gay slurs, he was viciously beaten and thrown unconscious into a p

17.

Money Buys Happiness (2002)
The tale follows a three-day journey through the hills and
valleys of a complicated marriage. Georgia is 35-years-old and looking for love; her husband Money is also embarked on a quest, although he is not too sure what he is trying to find. Georgia and Money are fighting outside their friend's h

18.

Life and Debt (2001)
Using Jamaica as its focus, filmmaker Stephanie Black presents an in-depth examination of the impact of the International Monetary Fund's global economic policies on a developing nation's economy. The program represents the views of Jamaican workers and farmers, as well as government officials and p

19.

Promises (2001)
Several Jewish and Palestinian children are followed for three years and put in touch with each other, in this alternative look at the Jewish-Palestinian conflict. The three filmmakers followed a group of seven local children between 1995 and 1998. They all have a totally different background. These

And Baby Makes Two (1999)
The story of two women and the support group that anchors them. Debbie is a forty-three year old midwife. We Watch her story develop--from her pregnancy by a known donor, through the birth of her baby, and finally to the celebration of her son's first birthday. Jan, also forty-three, has a bumpier r

22.

Compensation (1999)
Inspired by a 1906 poem from early African American writer, Paul Laurence Dunbar, this unique drama explores aspects of Black culture in both turn of the century and present day Chicago in two parallel love stories, both about the relationship between a Deaf woman and a hearing man. The narrative re

23.

Rabbit in the Moon, The (1999)
Film is part documentary, part memoir and personal essay - weaving together facts, reflections and impressions about the meaning and lingering effects of the World War II internment on the Japanese-American community. It does not present the Japanese-Americans as model citizens in the camps, but as

24.

Citizen Hong Kong (1999)
as Production Company
In 1997, as Hong Kong changed hands from British to Chinese rule, Ruby Yang was present to document the transition. In addition to recording her own perspective, Yang gave video camcorders to three other young Hong Kong citizens: hardworking Qi Ke Jia who struggles with three jobs and college applic

25.

Paralyzing Fear: The Story of Polio in America, A (1998)
The story of polio's rise to epidemic proportions in 1916 and its eventual eradication through vaccines in the 1950's. The documentary examines America's haunting fear of the disease it could not contain and tells the story of America's transcendence from that fear. The film crew traveled across Ame

26.

Tumult (1996)
Set during the abortive 1960 attempt by imperial guards to overthrow Ethiopian ruler Haile Selassie, a drama which concentrates on the panic-stricken flight of Yosef, a young aristocrat-turned-revolutionary after a coup fails which he had secretly masterminded.

27.

Bloody Child, The (1996)
Two military police on routine patrol discover a young US marine, recently back from combat in the Gulf, digging a hole in the middle of the Mojave Desert. His car, parked near-by, contains the bloody body of his wife, and he is arrested for murder. The murdered wife's violated spirit patrols the ai

28.

Pharaoh's Army (1995)
During the American Civil War, a Union Army Captain leads his rag-tag cavalry troop up a misty creek in the Cumberland Mountains of Kentucky. They come across a small, remote farm worked by Sarah Anders, a proud and defiant woman whose husband fights for the Confederates and whose daughter has been

29.

Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision (1995)
A portrait of Maya Lin, the designer of the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, the Civil Rights Memorial, and other major public works of art. It tells the gripping story of how an unknown student was able to create, against great odds and intense political opposition, stunning memorials with profound impa

30.

Ballet (1995)
Documentarian Frederick Wiseman records the principal dancers of the American Ballet Theater in rehearsal in their New York studios, and on stage during a tour of Athens and Copenhagen in the spring of 1992. This is Wiseman's 27th documentary and his first about a cultural institution.

31.

Spanking the Monkey (1994)
Having just completed his freshman year at MIT, Ray discovers he will have to forfeit his prestigious summer internship in order to care for his mother, who's laid up in bed with a broken leg she suffered in a suicide attempt. Yearning to break free, Ray gets caught up in a sequence of tragicomic ev

32.

Paul Bowles: The Complete Outsider (1994)
Profile of the reclusive expatriate artist who speaks about his writing and music, his marriage to Jane Bowles, his use of drugs, Bertolucci's 1990 film version of "The Sheltering Sky" and his intriguing array of friends.

33.

Coming Out Under Fire (1994)
Based on the critically acclaimed 1990 book by Allan Berube, nine gay and lesbian veterans of WWII tell their stories in interviews which are combined with an array of declassified documents, photographs and archival footage.

34.

Little Lieutenant (1993)
Scored to John Zorn's idiosyncratic arrangement of the Kurt Weill song "Little Lieutenant of the Loving God," the film presents an internal reading of choreographer Sally Silvers' solo scored to the same musical piece, "Along the Skid Mark of Recorded History."

35.

Time Indefinite (1993)
Premise is similar to, though not as comic as, McElwee's previous film "Sherman's March" (USA/1986). McElwee documents his own life and those close to him as he explores the meaning of his marriage and the deaths of two family members.

36.

Totally F***ed Up (1993)
Contending with AIDS, alienation, suicide, drugs and gaybashing, a group of queer teens muddle through with wit, irony and wide-open hearts.

37.

Life and Times of Allen Ginsberg, The (1993)
Political activist, musician, sexual misfit and legendary writer Ginsberg re-defined poetry with his 1956 masterpiece "Howl." This documentary looks at Ginsberg's life and work and includes interviews with Ken Kesey, Norman Mailer, Joan Baez, William S. Burroughs and Timothy Leary.

Prelude to a Kiss (1992)
Peter falls for Rita upon first meeting her, and the two begin a whirlwind romance that quickly leads to marriage. But when another man kisses Rita on her wedding day, the two magically change souls, and Peter must track down the love of his life if he is ever to truly see her again.

Antigone/Rites For the Dead (1991)
Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, leads her blind father into exile. After his death, his sons battle and kill each other. Antigone buries the brother and is renounced a traitor by the state. For this act she is condemned to a living death.

Living on Tokyo Time (1987)
Ken is a Japanese-American rock muscian who marries a Japanese girl named Kyoko so that she can remain in the United States. The fact that Kyoko speaks no English is a problem for Ken, who speaks no Japanese. But Ken has a much bigger problem when he begins to fall in love with Kyoko who does not re

Man Who Envied Women, The (1986)
Around a familiar theme--the dissolution of a marriage--avant-garde filmmaker Yvonne Rainer constructs an honest, graceful and wickedly funny account of a self-satisfied womanizer, Jack Deller, the man "who almost knows too much about women."

69.

Smooth Talk (1986)
A small-town teenage girl, in the throes of coming-of-age, becomes determined to lose her virginity and does so with a much older, mysterious ladies'' man.

Dim Sum: A Little Bit of Heart (1985)
A mother and daughter are at odds in a Chinese-American family over the fact that the daughter has not married yet.

76.

The Times of Harvey Milk (1984)
This documentary focuses on the successful career and assassination of San Francisco''s first elected gay councilor.

77.

Flash of Green, A (1984)
A small-town newspaper reporter along the Florida Gulf, Jimmy is waiting for that "flash of green," a Gulf mirage said to occur during sunset. Caring for his dying wife is the only heroic thing that Jimmy does, counterbalanced by the very unheroic act of taking bribes to help a boyhood friend, now a

What You Take For Granted (1983)
The experiences of women who work at jobs traditionally done by men are explored. The story of the friendship between a truck driver named Anna and an upper middle-class physician named Diana is told, and this is intercut with fictionalized interviews of other women doing "men's" jobs.

Chan Is Missing (1982)
Set in San Francisco's Chinatown district, two Chinese taxi drivers, one middle-aged and set in his ways, the other youthful and hip, search for an older partner who's vanished with their funds.

Pilgrim, Farewell (1980)
A woman who has a terminal illness struggles to accept her fate. But this acceptance is even more difficult for her lover, her sister and her daughter.

102.

Day After Trinity, The (1980)
A profile of physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer and his role in producing the first atomic bomb. The film includes rare interviews with Manhattan Project scientists, and formerly classified footage of the first atomic detonation in the desert and of the atomic research facilities at Los Alamos, New Mex

103.

Tell Me a Riddle (1980)
Eva and David have been married for forty years, and their marriage has not been terribly happy. But when the couple travel to San Francisco to see their grandchildren, they rediscover the love that they once felt for each other.

104.

Clarence and Angel (1980)
Clarence and Angel are two 12-year-old outsiders--one bright but illiterate, the other wildly imaginative "problem child"--who discover the best in themselves through each other.

105.

Heartland (1979)
In early 20th century Wyoming, Elinore arrives at the home of reclusive Scottish farmer Clyde Stewart to work as his housekeeper. Although she is poorly paid, Elinore works tirelessly in the hope that she will save enough money to provide a better life for her 10-year-old daughter Jerrine. Clyde is

106.

Gal Young Un (1979)
The screenplay is adapted from a novel by Marjorie Kennin Rawlings, better known I think for her book The Yearling which has also been films. Gal Young 'Un centers on a spinster woman who lives alone in the woods of north Florida until she is swept off her feet by an opportunistic bootlegger. He marries her for her place and her daddy's money and her cooking and cleaning, which she freely shares. Inevitably, he shows his true colors in a variety of ways. One day he brings home a very young woman with clear intentions of keeping her as a mistress (a gal young 'un) in the older woman's house. Business takes him elsewhere and the two woman are left alone in the woods together to come to terms with their shared exploitedness. The older woman's slowburn and eventual retaliation are masterfully crafted.

107.

Northern Lights (1979)
Ray Sorenson was born in Sweden, but moved to North Dakota to farm there. In 1915, Ray organizes a populist group called the Nonpartisan League in response to bank foreclosures that have threatened the way he and his neighbors make their livings

108.

The Europeans (1979)
A New England household is upset by the arrival of two cousins from Europe.

Rime of the Ancient Mariner (1977)
This animated version of the classic Samuel Taylor Coleridge p m, tells the story of the elderly mariner who kills an albatross which results in his great misfortune.The mariner recounts the sad story at a wedding.

111.

Not a Pretty Picture (1976)
A semi-autobiographical docudrama about rape by Martha Coolidge in which she reconstructs her own rape at age 16, when a high school date with an older boy turns violent.

112.

Hollywood On Trial (1976)
John Huston narrates this documentary about the government investigation of alleged Communist infiltration of show business. Includes interviews with Ronald Reagan, Dalton Trumbo and Gale Sondergaard.

113.

Film About a Woman Who... (1974)
A disruption of the expected relationship between image and "voice" in a way that transforms Rainer's intensely personal material, and challenges traditional ideas about narrative.

Producer (special)

114.

From Broadway: Fosse (2002)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A revue of dances from various Bob Fosse musicals, including "Sweet Charity," "Pajama Game" and "Pippin."

115.

Gene Kelly: Anatomy of a Dancer (2002)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Documentary with clips and commentary from fellow actors on the life and career of Gene Kelly. Interviews with Cyd Charisse, Leslie Caron and Betty Garrett.

116.

Polka Passion! (2002)
as Funding
Performances by popular polka bands are interwoven with slice-of-life views of this multi-generational phenomenon. The program takes a side trip to polka shrines such as Art's Concertina Bar, listed in the National Historic Registry as the only concertina bar in the world, and the LoDuca Accordian F

117.

New York City Opera: The Gershwins' Porgy and Bess (2002)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
The 1935 American classic opera by George Gershwin in collaboration with Ira Gershwin and DuBose and Dorothy Heyward tells of a love affair between an old beggar and a beauty from Catfish Row, a 1920s Charleston, South Carolina, slum.

118.

CAPITOL FOURTH, A (2001)
as Funding
A musical celebration of Independence Day from the West Lawn of the Capitol Building in Washington DC.

119.

Irish Gala, The (2001)
as Funding ("The Kennedy Center Presents")
Special that showcases Irish music, dance and culture from the Kennedy Center Opera House in Washington DC. The program opens with a remembrance of President John F. Kennedy's 1963 journey to Ireland. During that visit, Kennedy was met by enthusiastic crowds in Galway and other parts of the island.

120.

Renee Fleming @ the Penthouse (2001)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
American soprano Renee Fleming presents an intimate musicale, a program of classical favorites and standard American tunes.

121.

Wok in Progress, A (2001)
as Funding
Recovering from a debilitating stroke, Chinese/Vietnamese artist Paul Kwan must relearn how to use a wok. While he turns to food for lessons about history and memory, his sister Diana, a recent immigrant and struggling entrepreneur, regards it as the key to economic survival.

122.

NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT (2001)
as Funding
A musical tribute to the World War II generation, the 60th anniversary of Pearl Harbor and a 10th anniversary salute to the veterans of Desert Storm. The concert also honors former P.O.W.s of the Korean War and those who served in Vietnam.

123.

Little Women From the Houston Grand Opera (2001)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
The Houston Grand Opera's adaptation of Louisa May Alcott's story of the coming of age of the four March sisters -- Jo, Beth, Meg and Amy -- in 19th century New England.

124.

F. Scott Fitzgerald: Winter Dreams (2001)
as Funding ("American Masters")
A literary biography of American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. The program includes excerpts from private letters, photos from family albums, interviews with Fitzgerald's friends and E.L. Doctorow, as well as Zelda Fitzgerald's drawings and paintings.

125.

Memorial Concert (2001)
as Funding
The New York Philharmonic performs in memory of victims of the attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.

126.

Far East (2001)
as Funding ("Stage On Screen")
Adaptation of A.R. Gurney's play "Far East." Set in occupied Japan in 1954, the story focuses on a young naval officer, Sparky Watts, who is the heir to a Milwaukee beer fortune, and his relationship with his ship's captain and the captain's wife, Julia. Watts becomes trapped between his love for a

127.

Quincy Jones: In the Pocket (2001)
as Funding ("American Masters")
A portrait of Quincy Jones, the composer, arranger and entertainer who has won a Grammy, Oscar and Emmy. As a master inventor of musical hybrids, "Q" has shuffled pop, soul, hip-hop, jazz, classical, African and Brazilian music into fusions, traversing virtually every medium -- records, live perform

128.

American Roots Music (2001)
as Funding
Documentary that traces the development of uniquely American music genres during the 20th century, including blues, country, gospel, bluegrass, Cajun, zydeco, western swing, Tejano and Native American. Archival footage of the pioneers of this music, collected from more than 150 sources throughout th

129.

Good Rockin' Tonight: The Legacy of Sun Records (2001)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Documentary that chronicles the founding of the Sun Records label by Sam Phillips. The program features contemporary artists performing the music of Sun Records artists, including Elvis Presley, Carl Perkins, Jerry Lee Lewis, Roy Orbison and Johnny Cash.

130.

Mostly Mozart 2001 (2001)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
Coverage of the Mostly Mozart Festival, celebrating its 35th anniversary. The concert includes performances of Mozart's "Piano Concerto No 22" and "Requiem."

131.

Rediscovering Dave Brubeck (2001)
as Funding
Hedrick Smith talks with legendary pianist, composer and bandleader Dave Brubeck, who is still performing and creating new music at the age of 80. The program remembers Brubeck's career, reveals projects he is currently working on and explores his distinctive style, a fusion of jazz and classical.

132.

Coming to Light: Edward S. Curtis and the North American Indians (2001)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Profile of photographer Edward S. Curtis. As American Indians stood on the brink of extinction -- their ancient cultures collapsing under the country's westward expansion -- Edward S. Curtis resolved to capture their way of life through photography. A century ago, Curtis produced an anthropological

133.

Cliburn: Playing on the Edge, The (2001)
as Funding
Special that explores the personal lives of young pianists who were selected to go to Fort Worth, Texas, in 2001 to perform in the world's preeminent piano competition. The program also examines the essential nature of a pianist as both private individual and performer.

134.

College of Comedy With Alan King III, The (2001)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Alan King hosts his third university forum exploring the historical principles of stand-up comedy from Beckman Auditorium at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena.

Nutcracker Swing (2001)
as Funding
A collaborative rendition of Tchaikovsky's "Nutcracker 2slat." The performance features the New York Philharmonic, under the direction of Leonard Slatkin, interspersed with movements from the Ellington/Strayhorn arrangement, performed by the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis.

137.

Tantalus: Behind the Mask (2001)
as Funding ("Stage On Screen")
Three thousand years after the Trojan War became legend, director and playwright John Barton set out on his own odyssey to resurrect the ancient stories in a fresh new light, to illuminate the modern world in an epic 10-play cycle entitled "Tantalus," which premiered as the Denver Center For the Per

138.

Three Mo' Tenors in Concert (2001)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Tenors Victor Trent Cook, Rodrick Dixon and Thomas Young demonstrate their versatility in a program of opera, Broadway, jazz, blues, soul, spirituals and gospel.

139.

True-Hearted Vixens (2001)
as Funding ("Pov")
A profile of two young women following their dreams to become professional football players in an all-women start-up tackle football league.

140.

Recording "The Producers": A Musical Romp With Mel Brooks (2001)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Documentary that captures the behind-the-scenes story of the full-day cast-album recording session as the company lays down the score Mel Brooks expanded from his 1968 film "The Producers." The entire cast is on hand, led by Nathan Lane and Matthew Broderick, plus director Susan Stroman and writer/c

141.

Last Stand of the Tallgrass Prairie (2001)
as Funding
A scientific and historical overview of the natural workings of Tallgrass Prairie, North America's most endangered ecosystem and the source of the soil that creates the United States' "breadbasket." The heroes of this important and imperiled ecosystem are modern-day ranchers, who follow the lead of

In the Light of Reverence (2001)
as Funding ("Pov")
Native Americans are struggling to protect sacred sites in the American West. Ten years in the making, the documentary profiles three such efforts, juxtaposing reflections on the spiritual meaning of place by Hopi, Lakota and Wintu elders with interviews with non-Indians who have their own ideas abo

Take It From Me (2001)
as Funding ("Pov")
A portrait of four working-class women and their families in the New York City area, struggling to move off public assistance under the nation's new welfare laws. Examines the street-level impact of the 1996 Personal Responsibility Act, just as the act's five-year limit on public assistance goes int

147.

Merce Cunningham: A Lifetime of Dance (2001)
as Funding ("American Masters")
A profile of Merce Cunningham, one of the great 20th century choreographers, acclaimed for his abstraction, innovation and imagination. Merce opened his dance studio in 1953 and went on to choreograph over 150 pieces throughout his career.

148.

Alfred Stieglitz: The Eloquent Eye (2001)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Profile of photographer Alfred Stieglitz, who played a major role in introducing America to modern art while championing the elevation of photography as an art form. Arthur Dove, Marsden Hartley and Georgia O'Keefe were just a few of the first wave of American artists whom Stieglitz mentored through

149.

My American Girls: A Dominican Story (2001)
as Funding ("Pov")
Documentary that chronicles a year in the life of an immigrant Dominican family living in Sunset Park, Brooklyn. Mayra, Aida and Monica are three American-born daughters, each traveling down different roads in this country. Over the course of a year and a half, Sandra and Bautista -- their parents -

150.

Goldwyn (2001)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Biography of Samuel Goldwyn, one of Hollywood's founding fathers. Adapted from the biography by A. Scott Berg, the documentary contains film clips as well as rare footage and photography and first-person interviews.

151.

Copland's America (2001)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Performance-documentary celebrating the music of Aaron Copland on the 100th anniversary of his birth. The program traces the development of Copland's work for the concert hall, theater and film, as well as his ballets for Agnes de Mille and Martha Graham.

152.

Don Giovanni Unmasked (2001)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
An adaptation of "Don Giovanni" from the point of view of Don Giovanni's servant, Leporello. Taking the form of a film within a film, the program is simultaneously set in two separate eras -- 1930s Hollywood and 17th century Spain. Opening in 1930, the program presents Leporello as the host of a mov

153.

Who's Dancing Now? (2001)
as Funding
Featuring former students of Jacques d'Amboise's National Dance Institute, the film focuses on dance education. It explores the impact of early exposure to the arts and the potential to transform the lives of children.

154.

5 Girls (2001)
as Funding ("Pov")
Tracks the struggles and transformations that come into the lives of 5 American girls who live in some of Chicago's diverse neighborhoods -- Corrie, Toby, Amber, Aisha and Haibinh -- as they confront the challenges of growing up in female in America. While revealing differences in race and class tha

155.

Elizabeth Taylor: England's Other Elizabeth (2001)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Born in London but raised in the old Hollywood studio system, Elizabeth Taylor remains a silver-screen icon. A favorite leading lady of Tennessee Williams, she dazzled as Shakespeare's Kate and won an Oscar as Edward Albee's Martha. She is one of the most famous women in the world and is remembered

156.

Free to Dance (2001)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Special that chronicles the role that African-American dancers and choreographers have played in the development of modern dance as an American art form. Through first-person storytelling by dancers and witnesses, the program documents how African-derived movement and European dance fused and made m

Bob Marley: Rebel Music (2001)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Born Robert Nesta Marley in Jamaica in 1945, Bob Marley grew up to become one of the most influential musicians of the second half of the 20th century. Initially using music as a way out of the ghetto, he became the voice of a country and an ambassador for peace and racial harmony throughout the wor

159.

George Segal: American Still Life (2001)
as Funding
Documentary that chronicles the life and work of George Segal, the sculptor known for his life-size plaster casts of ordinary people caught in the act of daily life. The internationally known artist, formerly a New Jersey chicken farmer, became a sensation during the Pop Art movement of the '60s, an

160.

Art in the Twenty-First Century (2001)
as Funding
A documentary series that focuses on contemporary visual art in the United States and on the artists, both established and emerging, At the dawn of the 21st century, American artists are taking self-expression and the artistic process into uncharted territory. Using a variety of media and techniques

161.

Richard Rodgers: The Sweetest Sounds (2001)
as Funding ("American Masters")
The program celebrates the master of the 20th century musical -- Richard Rodgers -- the magic behind "Oklahoma," "Carousel," "The King and I," "Pal Joey" and "The Sound of Music." Rodgers composed over 800 songs and wrote more than 40 musicals, yet his name is inseparable from his two famous collabo

162.

Can't Stop Now (2000)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Few dancers imagine a professional life beyond 40, but one company embraces the rich potential of the older dancer. Under artistic director Jiri Kylian, the Nederlands Dans Theatre III strives to break stereotypical limitations. The program features six NDTIII dancers: former Nureyev protege Gary Ch

College of Comedy With Alan King, Part II, The (2000)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
An unconventional master class on the art of comedy with "Professor" Alan King, videotaped at Beckman Auditorium, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena.

166.

Berlin Philharmonic Europakonzert: From Krakow (2000)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
The Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra performs at the Church of Saint Mary in Krakow, Poland, to commemorate the orchestra's 1882 founding and to reaffirm the cultural life of a reborn European community. With Bernard Haitink as guest conductor, the concert features soprano Christine Schafer performing

Central Park (2000)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Trilogy of one-act operas set in New York's Central Park and performed at the New York City Opera, Lincoln Center. In "The Festival of Regrets," congregants from a synagogue meet at the Bethesda Fountain for tashlich, a ceremony in which one throws bread into the water, symbolically casting off the

169.

New York City Opera -- Puccini's Tosca (2000)
as Funding
Giacomo Puccini's three-act opera, "Tosca," based on the play by Victorien Sardou. This production is set in Mussolini's Fascist Rome in the 1930s. There, the destinies of the prima donna Tosca, her lover Cavardossi, a leftist painter, and the sinister police chief Scarpia are intertwined.

170.

Capitol Fourth 2000, A (2000)
as Funding
Live coverage of a celebration of the Fourth of July from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol in Washington DC.

171.

Man Who Came to Dinner, The (2000)
as Funding
Presentation of the Roundabout Theater Company's Broadway production of "The Man Who Came to Dinner," the story of a famous, irascible, big-city radio personality (based on Alexander Woolcott) who is forced by injury to spend several weeks in the home of an unassuming Midwest middle-class family. Th

172.

Berlin Philharmonic Europakonzert: Ode to Joy 2000 (2000)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Claudio Abbado conducts the Berlin Philharmonic in an all-Beethoven program that features the Ninth Symphony and the Second Piano Concerto in B-flat with Mikhail Pletnev as pianist.

173.

From Mao to Mozart -- Then and Now (2000)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
In the summer of 1979, violinist Isaac Stern undertook a musical tour of China that was documented in the Oscar-winning film "From Mao to Mozart: Isaac Stern in China." Now, 20 years later, Stern returns to Beijing to conduct a series of musical encounters, reacquainting himself with the musicians h

174.

Play On! (2000)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Musical loosely based on William Shakespeare's "Twelfth Night," that follows the adventures of a young woman who poses as a man to pursue her dream of being a songwriter. Performed at the Pasadena Playhouse.

175.

New York Philharmonic: Modern Times, Romantic Visions (2000)
as Funding
Concert special celebrating the 20th anniversary of violinist Anne-Sophie Mutter's January 3, 1980 debut with the New York Philharmonic. The program is broadcast from Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.

176.

Requiem (2000)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A presentation of Andrew Lloyd Webber's Requiem Mass from St. Thomas Church in New York City.

177.

Our House in Havana (2000)
as Funding ("Pov")
After 40 years, 68-year-old Sylvia Morini returns to the palatial house of her youth in Cuba, where her nostalgia for a pre-Castro world confronts modern reality. Filmmaker Stephen Olsson presents Sylvia's tapestry of memories, which contrasts sharply with recollections from working-class Cubans.

178.

Culture Shock (2000)
as Funding
Documentary that explores classic works that have been controversial -- and explores their current relevance. Featured in Mark Twain's novel, "The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn"; Manet's painting, "Olympia"; Hollywood movies, censorship and the Production Code of the 1930s and '40s; and jazz in the

179.

La Boda (2000)
as Funding ("Pov")
Set within the border community of migrant Mexican-American farmworkers, this rites-of-passage documentary introduces viewers to Elizabeth, a vibrant young woman who's soon to be married to her Mexican sweetheart. However, it's also a portrait of a family and community keeping alive their roots in M

La Forza del Destino (2000)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A performance of "La Forza del Destino," Giuseppe Verdi's tale of family loyalties divided by romance.
Giuseppe Verdi's original 1862 version of "La Forza del Destino" (The Force of Destiny), especially written to debut at St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theatre, differs in many respects from his 1869 r

Isaac Stern: Life's Virtuoso (2000)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Profile of violinist Isaac Stern, one of the 20th century's most renowned and celebrated musicians. Stern is also recognized as a teacher, emissary, speaker and humanitarian.

184.

Walker Evans/America (2000)
as Funding
Documentary about photographer Walker Evans (1903-1975), best known as the photographer for the book "Let Us Now Praise Famous Men," a collaboration with writer James Agee. A pioneer of the documentary style of photography, Evans was the first photographer to have a one-man retrospective at the Muse

185.

Aida's Brothers and Sisters: Black Voices in Opera (2000)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Documentary that tells the story of African-Americans in opera from the time of Paul Robeson. Featured in interviews are the first black baritone to perform at the Met, Robert McFerrin, his son Bobby McFerrin, Grace Bumbry and Leontyne Price, as well as opera company directors and orchestra conducto

186.

Art of the Piano, The (2000)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Journeying through the major traditions and stylistic currents that have shaped the 20th century history of the piano, this performance documentary bisects other important developments in music: recording techniques, instrument manufacture, Hollywood films and the psychology of the world's virtuoso

187.

On Cukor (2000)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Profile of director George Cukor (1899-1983). In 1939, Cukor suffered what many considered the largest setback in the history of Hollywood. After 18 days on the set, he was fired as director of "Gone With the Wind." Yet, despite being discharged from the biggest production the film industry had ever

188.

Lucille Ball: Finding Lucy (2000)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Profile of Lucille Ball, the first female television superstar and first solo female head of a major studio.

189.

Dreamland (2000)
as Funding ("Pov")
A portrayal of Las Vegas life, where the temptation of gambling is pervasive. Nationally, it has been estimated that 10 million adults and one million teenagers are addicted to gambling. Through the lives of Las Vegas' local community, reveals a cityscape beyond the grandiose new casino-hotels, a wo

190.

Jesus Christ Superstar (2000)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Australian director Gale Edwards' take on the 1971 Tim Rice/Andrew Lloyd Webber musical is based on the London revival, which also played Broadway. Redefined for a contemporary audience, the production rejects quasi-Biblical costumes, psychedelic lighting and hand-mikes for a gritty, police-state wo

191.

Live Free or Die (2000)
as Funding ("Pov")
A heated battle of beliefs and wills has collided in the normally quiet town of Bedford, New Hampshire, over the legal right to an abortion and the guarantee of free speech. Wayne Goldner is an obstetrician and gynecologist who performs abortions and finds himself fighting to maintain this right on

192.

New York Philharmonic Opening Night 2000 (2000)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
Music director Kurt Masur and guest soloist Dame Kiri Te Kanawa headline the broadcast of the opening night of the New York Philharmonic's 2000-2001 season from Lincoln Center.

193.

NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT (2000)
as Funding
A musical tribute to those who served in World War I and II, Korea, Vietnam and Desert Storm from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

194.

Great Performers at Lincoln Center: Renee Fleming and Dmitri Hvorostovsky in Concert (2000)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
Soprano Renee Fleming, baritone Dmitri Hvorostovsky and the Orchestra of St. Luke's, under the direction of Mark Elder, perform in the opening night gala of the 35th anniversary season of Lincoln Center's Great Performers series. The first half of the program features Fleming and Hvorostovksy perfor

195.

Armstrong -- When the Saints Go Marching In (2000)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
The Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra and Wynton Marsalis celebrate 100 years of Louis Armstrong, the first great soloist in jazz, with a series of concerts featuring Armstrong originals, songs with which he was closely associated and other classic tunes from the era in which he came of age -- 1920s New

196.

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat (2000)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Adaptation of Andrew Lloyd Weber's stage musical "Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat," an interpretation of the biblical story of Joseph of Canaan.

197.

Ryan Interview, The (2000)
as Funding
An adaptation of Arthur Miller's short play about Fredericka Rose, an urban newspaper reporter ordered to do a "puff piece" interview with centenarian Bob Ryan. Fredericka goes through the motions with the old man, turning on the phony charm and professional manipulation, trying not to show her irri

198.

Speak Truth to Power (2000)
as Funding ("Kennedy Center Presents")
The debut of a new dramatic work, "Speak Truth to Power: Voices From Beyond the Dark," by poet and playwright Ariel Dorfman, that is an affirmation of the work of human rights activists. A staged reading of the play at the John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts in Washington DC, is intercut

199.

Butterfly (2000)
as Funding ("Pov")
Documentary about environmental activist Julia Butterfly Hill. In December 1997, 21-year-old Julia Butterfly Hill climbed 180 feet up a thousand-year-old redwood to save it from being clear-cut. For more than two years her feet did not touch the ground.

200.

Clint Eastwood: Out of the Shadows (2000)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Documentary that explores actor/director Clint Eastwood and his art by juxtaposing each major stage in his life with a corresponding stage in the thematic development of his work. Eastwood tells his own story, from his childhood in Depression-era Northern California, to life in the stratosphere of f

201.

KPFA on the Air (2000)
as Funding ("Pov")
Documentary about the country's first listener-supported radio station, KPFA-FM in Berkeley, California, which went on the air in 1949.

202.

Mailer on Mailer (2000)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Profile of author, critic, intellectual, activist Norman Mailer. Born in Long Branch, New Jersey, in 1923, Mailer grew up in Brooklyn. At Harvard, he earned his first literary prizes. He joined the Army after graduation with the intention of writing a great war novel. He served as an infantry man in

Corpus: A Home Movie For Selena (1999)
as Funding ("Pov")
Profile of Tejana singer Selena, who was on the brink of crossover fame when her murder at age 23 catapulted her into mainstream celebrity.

206.

New York City Ballet: Swan Lake (1999)
as Funding
The New York City Ballet performs Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky's "Swan Lake" from the stage of the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center.

207.

Double Life of Ernesto Gomez Gomez, The (1999)
as Funding ("Pov")
Documentary that chronicles the story of the son of Puerto Rican revolutionaries -- his mother in prison, his father in exile -- who was sent as a baby to Mexico to be raised in safety and anonymity. As a teenager, Ernesto/Guillermo learns of his past and collaborates with filmmakers Catherine Ryan

New York City Opera: Lizzie Borden (1999)
as Funding
The New York City Opera presents "Lizzie Borden," an opera about the unsolved murders of the parents of Lizzie Borden.

210.

CAPITOL FOURTH -- 1999, A (1999)
as Funding
Live coverage of the annual Independence Day celebration from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. The National Symphony Orchestra, led by conductor Erich Kunzel, performs the music of Duke Ellington, celebrating the 100th anniversary of his birth. Also, the U.S. Army Fife & Drum Corps salute George W

211.

Swingin' With the Duke: Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra With Wynton Marsalis (1999)
as Funding
To celebrate the 100th birthday of pianist, arranger and bandleader Duke Ellington , Wynton Marsalis and the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra perform selections of Ellington's music. The program also features swing dancing and documentary sequences that explore Ellington's compassions as a composer.

212.

Gershwins' "Crazy For You", The (1999)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A presentation of the Paper Mill Playhouse production of "Crazy For You," an adaptation of the 1930 George and Ira Gershwin musical "Girl Crazy." Banking heir and song-and-dance man Bobby Child, is sent by his mother to foreclose on the Gaiety Theater in Deadrock, Nevada. Instead, he falls in love w

213.

Noel Coward Story, The (1999)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A profile of playwright, cabaret composer and actor Noel Coward (1899-1973). Chronicles his image as a 1920s enfant terrible through his wartime career, his contacts with the Royal Family and his emigration from Britain. Includes clips from a 1969 BBC interview of Coward discussing his career and sc

214.

NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT (1999)
as Funding
Guest artists perform with the National Symphony Orchestra under the direction of conductor Erich Kunzel live from the west lawn of the U.S. Capitol Building.

Tribute to Muddy Waters, King of the Blues, A (1999)
as Funding ("The Kennedy Center Presents")
Tribute to the king of the blues, Muddy Waters from the Kennedy Center's Opera House. Presented in three acts: "The Chicago Years," focuses on Waters' first hits; "The First Train From Clarksdale," describes his early years in Mississippi; and "Got His MoJo Working," takes the audience through his l

219.

Norman Rockwell: Painting America (1999)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Documentary profile of Norman Rockwell, one of 20th-century America's most enduring and popular artists.

Golden Threads (1999)
as Funding ("Pov")
Profile of 93-year-old Christine Burton, who, at age 80, founded Golden Threads, an international network for older gay women. Filmmakers Lucy Winer and Karen Eaton probe mid-life crisis and the collective fear of aging by enlisting Burton as their spiritual guide.

225.

Mary Jane Colter: House Made of Dawn (1999)
as Funding
Profile of architect/designer Mary Elizabeth Jane Colter, a contemporary of Frank Lloyd Wright, Julia Morgan and Bernard Maybeck. The program transports viewers through Northern Arizona, New Mexico and the Four Corners region, exploring the landscape and design imagery characteristic of Colter's wor

226.

American Photography: A Century of Images (1999)
as Funding
Documentary about the social impact of American photography in the 20th century. Features famous and rarely seen historical and contemporary images and provides insights from experts, scholars and historians. Part 1 examines the time period of 1900-1934. Part 2 explores 1935-1959 and the explosion o

227.

Yours For a Song: The Women of Tin Pan Alley (1999)
as Funding ("American Masters")
A look at the years between 1920 and 1949, when 178 women joined ASCAP (the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers). Their work turned up from vaudeville to Broadway, from the repertoire of the big bands to the movies of Hollywood. Documents the lives and work of the women of Tin Pan

228.

Hymn For Alvin Ailey, A (1999)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A tribute to the late Alvin Ailey by choreographer-dancer Judith Jamison, performance artist-actress Anna Deveare Smith and filmmaker Orlando Bagwell. Features the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theatre performing Jamison's choreography to Smith's synthesis of the dancer's memories of working with Ailey

229.

Parsifal: The Search For the Holy Grail (1999)
as Funding
Placido Domingo performs highlights from "Parsifal," Richard Wagner's opera that dramatizes the mystique of The Grail - the cup which Jesus drank from at The Last Supper. Violeta Urmana joins Domingo as Kundry and Valery Gergiev conducts the Kirov Orchestra and Choir. Features an interview with Wagn

230.

Le Nozze di Figaro (1999)
as Funding ("The Metropolitan Opera Presents")
Performance of Mozart's four-act opera "Le Nozze di Figaro." Figaro and Susanna, servants respectively to Count and Countess Almaviva, are to be married. Tired of the count's philandering ways, the countess and the servants decide it's time to teach him a lesson. They disguise the flirtatious page C

Corsaire With American Ballet Theatre, Le (1999)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Master choreographer Marius Petipa's 1880 adaptation of Lord Byron's "Le Corsaire," with its swashbuckling tale of pirates and slave girls, was originally performed before audiences of imperial Russia, yet has been performed infrequently in America. With this re-staging, American Ballet Theatre is o

Hitchcock, Selznick & the End of Hollywood (1999)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Documentary profiling the tempestuous association between two of the greatest figures in Hollywood history, producer David O. Selznick and director Alfred Hitchcock, whose clashes played out dramatically against the backdrop of the disintegrating institution of the Hollywood studio system.

Queen of Spades, The (1999)
as Funding ("The Metropolitan Opera Presents")
Performance of Tchaikovsky's three-act opera "The Queen of Spades." Ghermann wants to be lucky at both love and cards, but Lisa, the woman he loves, is engaged to Yeletsky.

Mississippi: River of Song, The (1999)
as Funding
Special that examines the array of music that has grown up around the Mississippi River. Part one travels from the river's headwaters in Minnesota to Iowa, and covers such divergent genres as Scandinavian fiddle, Dixieland jazz, Tex-Mex and Ojibway. Part two, moving from Illinois to Kentucky, showca

242.

Uptown Blues: Ellington at 100 (1999)
as Funding
The New York Philharmonic with conductor Kurt Masur, and special guests, the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra with conductor Wynton Marsalis present a tribute to jazz legend Duke Ellington from Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall in New York City. Includes selections from Edvard Grieg's "Peer Gynt" cond

243.

Pavarotti and Friends (1998)
as Funding
Luciano Pavarotti and guest artists perform in Modena, Italy, to benefit the children of Liberia.

244.

Sacrifice (1998)
as Funding
A look at young Burmese girls taken to work as prostitutes in Bangkok, Thailand.

245.

If I Can't Do It (1998)
as Funding ("Pov")
A portrait of Arthur Campbell Jr., a disabled man who is pushing for independence and an equal slice of the American pie.

246.

Band, The (1998)
as Funding ("Pov")
Filmmaker David Zeiger films his son Danny's high school band for a year and gets a crash course in love, life and marching in formation. Celebrates the teen years and allows Zeiger to deepen his connection with one son, while paying tribute to the loss of another.

247.

Porgy and Bess: An American Voice (1998)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Documentary exploring the history of the controversial American opera, "Porgy and Bess," written by George and Ira Gershwin. Includes footage of rehearsals and early performances of the opera, dramatizations, and interviews with singers, actors, scholars and critics.

248.

Hansel And Gretel (1998)
as Funding
Presentation of the Juilliard Opera Center and Opera Orchestra in a new production of Engelbert Humperdinck's opera "Hansel und Gretel."

249.

New York City Opera: Benjamin Britten's "Paul Bunyan" (1998)
as Funding
Presentation of Benjamin Britten's opera based on the frontier tall tale about the adventures of legendary American folk hero Paul Bunyan. The presence of the giant lumberjack spurs the colonists' mastery of nature to bring about the development of the continent. Originally produced in the United St

250.

Tobacco Blues (1998)
as Funding ("Pov")
Filmmakers Eren McGinnis and Christine Fugate travel across Kentucky to meet the families who have been growing tobacco for generations and face the consequences of the controversary of tobacco in their own backyards.

251.

Sam Shepard: Stalking Himself (1998)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Playwright/actor Sam Shepard discusses his career and reads from his works. Woven throughout are performance excerpts from Shepard plays.

252.

Frank Sinatra: The Very Good Years (1998)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Documentary special offering selections from Frank Sinatra's classic TV specials of the 1960s and '70s. Guests include Ella Fitzgerald, Antonio Carlos Jobim and Gene Kelly.

Zizi -- Je T'aime (1998)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Documentary about the personal and professional partnership of French ballerina Zizi Jeanmaire and choreographer Roland Petit. Traces their collaboration back to its first international success with "Carmen" in 1949. Also featured are clips from Jeanmaire's Hollywood musicals, her Petit-choreographe

257.

William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night (1998)
as Funding
Adaptation of William Shakespeare's play about a young woman who poses as a boy and the complications that ensue when another young woman becomes infatuated with her. Look-alike sister Viola and brother Sebastian are shipwrecked and each presumes the other dead. Viola lands in the kingdom of Illyria

258.

Leonard Bernstein: Reaching For the Note (1998)
as Funding
Documentary commemorating the 80th birthday of composer, conductor, teacher and public figure Leonard Bernstein. Includes interviews with Bernstein's family, friends, colleagues, peers and critics and Bernstein's own words, both written and recorded.

259.

New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve Gala (1998)
as Funding
Kurt Masur conducts the New York Philharmonic in selections from the three Strausses -- Johann, Johann Jr. and Richard -- live from Avery Fisher Hall in New York. The program features soprano Deborah Voigt, mezzo-soprano Angelika Kirchschlager and coloratura soprano Noemi Nadelmann.

260.

Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra (1998)
as Funding
Wynton Marsalis, artistic director of Jazz at Lincoln Center, conducts and performs with the Lincoln Center Jazz Orchestra in a program of jazz concertos, live from Avery Fisher Hall in New York City.

Hey, Mr. Producer! The Musical World of Cameron Mackintosh (1998)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Special saluting producer Cameron Mackintosh. Includes excerpts from many Mackintosh productions, including "Cats," "The Phantom of the Opera," "Song and Dance," "Les Miserables," "Miss Saigon," "Martin Guerre," "Side by Side by Sondheim," "Putting It Together," "Follies" and "Five Guys Named Moe."

263.

Vanishing Line, The (1998)
as Funding ("Pov")
Physician/filmmaker Maren Monsen tackles the modern medical dilemma, "When does life become a fate worse than death?"

264.

Alexander Calder (1998)
as Funding
Profile of American sculptor Alexander Calder (1898-1976), best known for inventing the mobile and stabile, and creating wire sculptures.

265.

Billy Wilder: The Human Comedy (1998)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Profile of Billy Wilder, one of the most successful film directors, producers and screenwriters of Hollywood's Golden Age.

266.

She Shorts (1998)
as Funding ("Pov")
A selection of short films exploring the female experience.

Carnegie Hall Opening Night 1998 (1998)
as Funding
A celebration of the opening of the season at Carnegie Hall with a centenary salute to composer George Gershwin.

270.

Cats (1998)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A presentation of the stage musical, "Cats," about a magical meeting of assorted cats. Taped at the Adelphi Theatre, London.

271.

Washington Opera Production of "Pagliacci", The (1998)
as Funding ("The Kennedy Center Presents")
Presentation of the Washington Opera's production of "I Pagliacci," a popular opera about a comedia dell'arte troupe whose leader is heartbroken when he discovers that his wife is having an affair, and the ultimate revenge that he exacts.

272.

Emmeline (1997)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Performance of composer Tobias Picker's first opera, "Emmeline," based on a true story and later a novel by Judith Rossner. In pre-Civil War Maine, the 13-year-old Emmeline Mosher is sent from her home on a farm in Fayette to earn sorely needed money for her family in the textile mills of Lowell, Ma

273.

Isamu Noguchi: Stones and Paper (1997)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Documentary on the life and career of modern sculptor Isamu Noguchi, who was shaped by Japanese and American cultures.

274.

Burt Bacharach: This Is Now (1997)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Performance documentary on the life and work of pop hit composer Burt Bacharach.

275.

Roam Sweet Home (1997)
as Funding
Special focuses on the community of people who live mobile lives on the road. Ellen Spiro examines the singular lifestyle and views of these nomadic people.

276.

Man Ray: Prophet of the Avant-Garde (1997)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Documentary portrait of the life and work of Man Ray, master of 20th century photography, a painter, a filmmaker, a poet and essayist, a philosopher, and a leader of American modernism.

277.

New York Philharmonic Opening Night Gala (1997)
as Funding
A live telecast commemorating the opening night of the New York Philharmonic's 156th season and marking the official celebration of music director Kurt Masur's 70th birthday.

278.

New York City Opera: Puccini's "La Boheme" (1997)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
New York City Opera production of Giacomo Puccini's tragic love story, "La Boheme." Broadcast live from Lincoln Center's New York State Theater.

Story of Gospel Music, The (1997)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A portrait of gospel composers and performers, and the central role the church played in the music's evolution.

282.

CAPITOL FOURTH -- 1997, A (1997)
as Funding
Telecast of the annual Fourth of July concert from the grounds of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC. The centerpiece of this concert is the 40th anniversary celebration of Leonard Bernstein's "West Side Story."

283.

Jack Paar: As I Was Saying... (1997)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Documentary on the life and career of television pioneer who virtually created the late-night talk show format as the host of "The Tonight Show," one of television's longest continually running programs.

284.

New York Philharmonic: Masur & Vengerov (1997)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
Kurt Masur conducts the New York Philharmonic, with violinist Maxim Vengerov, in Dvorak's "Overture to Kate and the Devil." The orchestra performs Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 2. Telecast live from Lincoln Center's Avery Fisher Hall.

285.

William Styron: The Way of the Writer (1997)
as Funding; Funding ("American Masters")
Documentary of the life and work of author William Styron, whose works include "Sophie's Choice" and "The Confessions of Nat Turner."

286.

Barbie Nation: An Unauthorized Tour (1997)
as Funding ("Pov")
Reporter-turned-filmmaker Susan Stern explores the history and fantasy of doll/icon Barbie. Features fans, foes and the creator of Barbie, Ruth Handler.

Pins and Noodles (1997)
as Funding
In a collage of documentary and historical footage, Chinese medical charts, animation, and puppetry, filmmaker Paul Kwan goes on a personal quest to subdue an irksome body rash and then to heal from an unexpected and debilitating stroke, using both Western and Chinese medicine. Also examines the hea

289.

New York Philharmonic: Debussy's "The Martyrdom of St. Sebastian" (1997)
as Funding
Music director Kurt Masur leads the New York Philharmonic and Westminster Symphonic Choir in a performance of Debussy's choral music to the play by Gabriele d'Annunzio about St. Sebastian, the handsome Roman archer who become a Christian martyr and saint. Maria Ewing is the featured soloist in the c

290.

Vaudeville (1997)
as Funding
Documentary looking at vaudeville as an art form and major influence on the entertainment industry. It features historic performance footage and interviews with surviving vaudevillians and contemporary entertainers in the vaudeville tradition.

"Les Miserables" in Concert (1996)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Tenth anniversary concert performance of the musical hit, "Les Miserables," based on Victor Hugo's novel. Concludes with a special version of the "Peoples' Song" sung by an international cast of 17 "Valjeans."

294.

United States of Poetry, The (1996)
as Funding
Multi-part anthology of programs in which featured poets speak, rap, sing and chant works in settings and situations that reflect, comment on, and support their words.

295.

Great Tales in Asian Art (1996)
as Funding
Documentary providing an introduction to the traditions, beliefs and artistry of India, Indonesia, Japan and Korea, presenting beloved stories of these four nations: "The Ramayana," "The Gita Govinda," "The Tale of Genji" and Korean Masked Dance-Drama through a blend of paintings, sculpture, shadow

296.

Taking on the Kennedys (1996)
as Funding ("Pov")
A documentary on Rhode Island Republican candidate Kevin Vigilante's 1994 bid for U.S. Congress against Patrick Kennedy.

297.

Just For the Ride (1996)
as Funding ("Pov")
At look at the world of female-rodeo competition.

298.

CAPITOL FOURTH -- 1996, A (1996)
as Funding
Fourth of July concert from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol. Includes a salute to George and Ira Gershwin.

Lena Horne: In Her Own Voice (1996)
as Funding ("American Masters")
In this documentary, Lena Horne tells the story of her journey to reluctant stardom from her early days in the chorus line of the Cotton Club when she was 16, to her film career in Hollywood and her caberet career.

301.

Wrecker's Ball: Three Dances by Paul Taylor, The (1996)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Performance of three dance works choreographed by Paul Taylor, "Company B," "Funny Papers" and "A Field of Grace," set to pop music from the 1950s and 1960s.

302.

La Forza del Destino (1996)
as Funding ("Metropolitan Opera Presents")
Performance from New York's Metropolitan Opera of Giuseppe Verdi's opera of fate and a father's curse that thwart the love of Alvaro and Leonora.

303.

Divas (1996)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
An irreverent look at opera divas and the transforming power of their musical gifts as matched against the more mundane world of their admirers, business managers and conductors. Features archive performances and/or interviews with divas and others.

304.

Bobby McFerrin: Loosely Mozart -- The New Innovators of Classical Music (1996)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Special features improvised performances of Mozart's Piano Concerto in D minor, Gershwin's "Rhapsody in Blue" and new classical compositions inspired by Appalachian folk tunes. Bobby McFerrin conducts the Orchestra of St. Luke's in this concert.

305.

Passion (1996)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A telecast of a performance of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical "Passion." Set in 19th century Italy, it depicts the relationship between a sensitive, young army captain and two women: one is beautiful, sensuous and content to live for the moments of passion in their affair; the other is ai

306.

Renaissance Revisited, A (1996)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Survey of dance segments from the past twenty years of "Dance in America" telecasts.

307.

Otello (1996)
as Funding ("Metropolitan Opera Presents")
Performance from New York's Metropolitan Opera of Giuseppe Verdi's opera of the tragic Moor in the service of Venice and his doomed wife. Based on Shakespeare's play, "Othello."

308.

Nichols and May -- Take Two (1996)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Documentary about the influential comedy team of Mike Nichols and Elaine May. Includes highlights of the team's many television appearances, featuring recently discovered kinescopes of live performances not seen since their original television broadcasts in the late 1950s and 60s. Four of their radi

Danny Kaye: A Legacy of Laughter (1996)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Excerpts from the television and film career of Danny Kaye, Oscar and Emmy winner, who was also a goodwill ambassador on behalf of UNICEF.

311.

Twyla Tharp: Oppositions (1996)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Choreographer Twyla Tharp discusses her distinctive approach to dance, followed by a complete performance of "In the Upper Room," with music by Philip Glass. with other folk singers.

312.

James Levine 25th Anniversary Gala (1996)
as Funding ("Metropolitan Opera Presents")
Performance from New York's Metropolitan Opera celebrating the 25th anniversary of the Met debut of American conductor James Levine. Features more than 60 of the world's major operatic stars performing some of opera's most beloved music, including arias, duets, trios and ensembles, conducted by Maes

313.

Buckminster Fuller: Thinking Out Loud (1996)
as Funding ("American Masters")
A documentary portrait of architect, designer, engineer, poet, author, teacher and philosopher Buckminster Fuller--known to some as a genius, to others as a crackpot.

Simon Boccanegra (1995)
as Funding ("Metropolitan Opera Presents")
Performance of Verdi's opera "Simon Boccanegra," the tale of a 14th century naval hero selected the first non-aristocratic Doge of Genoa. He help to heal a bitter conflict between patricians and plebians and is reunited with his long-lost daughter, but only after a plot to unseat him results in his

316.

Some Enchanted Evening: Celebrating Oscar Hammerstein II (1995)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Musical tribute to lyricist Oscar Hammerstein II on the occasion of the 100th anniversary of his birth, through performances of songs he wrote with composers Jerome Kern and Richard Rodgers. Includes archival footage.

Madama Butterfly (1995)
as Funding ("Metropolitan Opera Presents")
The Japanese geisha Cio-Cio-San, known as Madame Butterfly, marries U.S. Navy Lieutenant B.F. Pinkerton, unaware that he doesn't consider the marriage a serious matter. Butterfly awaits Pinkerton's return to Japan after a three years' absence, learning that he has taken an American wife. Faced with

FROM VIENNA: THE NEW YEAR'S CELEBRATION (1995)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Live telecast of an annual New Year's Day concert in Vienna, Austria, hosted by Walter Cronkite. Zubin Mehta conducts the Vienna Philharmonic's performances of music by the Strauss family and others. The Vienna State Opera Ballet also performs two dance sequences.

322.

Marsalis on Music (1995)
as Funding
Series for young people in which trumpet virtuoso and composer Wynton Marsalis teaches the fundamentals of classical music and jazz.

323.

Arabella (1995)
as Funding ("Metropolitan Opera Presents")
Set in Vienna in the 1860s, the opera by Richard Strauss revolves around the plans of the Waldner family to match their beautiful daughter Arabella with a rich suitor to offset the gambling losses of Count Waldner.

324.

Richard Avedon: Darkness and Light (1995)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Documentary portrait of the life and work of fashion and portrait photographer Richard Avedon who revolutionized the very concept of fashion photography. Avedon, who began his career photographing showbiz personalities, but later moved on to recording ordinary people and political events, left an in

Music of Kurt Weill: September Songs, The (1995)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Teresa Stratas, Elvis Costello and Lou Reed are among the singers who perform the songs of Kurt Weill, the classically-trained, socially-conscious, German-born composer who fled the Nazis and became one of Broadway's most creative talents.

327.

Julie Andrews: Back on Broadway (1995)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Retrospective profile of the actress/singer Julie Andrews. Includes behind-the-scenes look at album recording sessions and rehearsals for the Broadway musical "Victor/Victoria," adapted from her hit movie, as well as clips from her varied film and television musical career.

328.

CAPITOL FOURTH -- 1995, A (1995)
as Funding
Live presentation of the annual Independence Day concert from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

329.

Edgar Allan Poe: Terror of the Soul (1995)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Profile of macabre writer Edgar Allan Poe. Includes dramatizations of his work, interviews with writers and other artists he influenced and footage of his various homes.

Two by Dove (1995)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
The Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater and the Royal Swedish Ballet perform two works by choreographer Ulysses Dove, "Vespers" and "Dancing on the Front Porch of Heaven."

Talking With (1995)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Collection of dramatic monologues featuring a cast of acclaimed actresses playing women with little in common on the surface but a shared bond of tragedy or misfortune. The segments are entitled: "Handler," "Clear Glass Marbles," "Rodeo," "Twirler" "Marks" and "Lamps."

335.

Gato Montes From the Los Angeles Music Center Opera, El (1995)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Placido Domingo and the Los Angeles Music Center Opera perform Manuel Penella's 1916 opera "El Gato Montes," about a love triangle between a gypsy woman, a bullfighter and a bandit.

336.

Frank Yankovic: America's Polka King (1995)
as Funding
Tribute to the life and music of the "patriarch of Polka," Frank Yankovic. Incorporates archival material, interviews with Yankovic and others, and footage of recent performances.

337.

Garth Fagan's "Griot New York" (1995)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A combination of dance, jazz and dramatic stage imagery offering a symbolic exploration of New York, praising its flamboyance, brooding moods, joys, troubles and fantastic fusion of rituals and customs from every world culture.

Richard Wright: Black Boy (1995)
as Funding
Documentary portrait of the life and work of Richard Wright, author of "Native Son" and "Black Boy."

340.

Accent on the Offbeat (1995)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Performance documentary observing young jazz master Wynton Marsalis and choreographer Peter Martins as they work together to create a new jazz dance for the New York City Ballet, "Jazz (Six Syncopated Movements)."

341.

Drawn From Memory (1995)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
Animator Paul Fierlinger recounts his life story in an animated autobiography.

CAPITOL FOURTH, A (1994)
as Funding
Fifteenth annual Fourth of July concert broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

344.

Tennessee Williams: Orpheus of the American Stage (1994)
as Funding
Profile and critical reevaluation of playwright Tennessee Williams. Includes rare interviews with Williams himself, clips from the film productions of his plays and commentary from various associates, including director Elia Kazan.

345.

Rediscovering Will Rogers (1994)
as Funding
Profile of Will Rogers -- ranch hand, vaudeville performer, film star, columnist, author, radio personality, aviation pioneer and unofficial ambassador of good will under three presidential administrations. Includes interviews, film clips, rare home movie clips, newsreel footage, radio excerpts and

Tabarro and Pagliacci, Il (1994)
as Funding ("Metropolitan Opera Presents")
Performance of two operas from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York: "Il Tabarro" by Puccini and "Pagliacci" by Leoncavallo.
"Il Tabarro" is the story of a husband who kills his wife's lover on a barge in France.
"Pagliacci" is based on a court case judged by composer Leoncavallo's father, con

River of Steel (1994)
as Funding
Chronicle of the Interborough Rapid Transit (IRT), New York's first subway line -- shown through home movies from the 1920s, archival photographs, and antique postcards.

350.

Elektra (1994)
as Funding
Richard Strauss' opera based on the classical Greek tragedy by Sophocles -- about Elektra, a daughter determined to avenge the murder of her father Agamemnon by her mother.

351.

Billboards: Prince at the Joffrey (1994)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
The Joffrey Ballet dances to songs by Prince in four short dance works by young choreographers.

Pavarotti Plus! (1994)
as Funding
Opera tenor Luciano Pavarotti joins a roster of colleagues to sing arias and operatic ensembles in a live concert from Lincoln Center For the Performing Arts.

354.

Quartet (1994)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Exploration of the quartet as a musical form. Examines the quartet in all its varieties by featuring performances by disparate groups.

355.

Question of Color, A (1994)
as Funding
Documentary examining the issue of "color consciousness" in the black community, exploring the effect of a caste system based on how closely skin color, hair texture and facial features conform to a European ideal.

356.

World of Jim Henson, The (1994)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Performance/documentary/tribute which looks at the work of Jim Henson -- from the Muppets to his other fantastic creations for film and television. Includes interviews with friends, colleagues and family.

357.

Turandot From the San Francisco Opera (1994)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Telecast of a San Francisco Opera performance of Puccini's opera "Turandot." A haughty princess, renowned for her beauty, puts three riddles to any man seeking her hand in marriage. If they cannot answer them, they are put to death.

358.

Mother, The (1994)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Remake of Paddy Chayefsky's classic teleplay, originally aired live on Philco-Goodyear Television Playhouse in 1954. Alone for the first time in her life, a 66-year-old widow is determined to return to her former job as a seamstress in New York's garment district, despite her daughter's opposition.

359.

CARNEGIE HALL OPENING NIGHT (1994)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Opera singer Cecilia Bartoli, accompanied by conductor Sir Neville Marriner and the Academy of St. Martin in the Fields, performs works by Mozart and Rossini at Carnegie Hall's 1994 opening night.

360.

Dangerous Liaisons, The (1994)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
World Premiere telecast of Conrad Susa and Philip Littell's opera "The Dangerous Liaisons," based on the 1782 French novel "Les Liaisons Dangereuses" by Pierre Choderlos de Laclos. The evil Marquise de Merteuil and her former lover Valmont dally with and ultimately destroy the lives of those around

Songs of Six Families, The (1994)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Profiles six master folk music artists and their families. Included are an Eskimo Wolf Dance, an Irish ceilidh, a Cajun Saturday night, the New Orleans Mardi Gras Indians, and a visit to a mariachi festival featuring an interview with Linda Ronstadt. Blues guitarist B.B. King is also profiled.

363.

In the Wings: Angels in America on Broadway (1993)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Behind-the-scenes look at the production of Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play, "Angels in America." Includes scenes from production meetings, rehearsals, and backstage moments during the play's performance, as well as excerpts from the play and interviews with the cast. Documentary footage

364.

Black and Blue (1993)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A broadcast of the Tony-winning Broadway musical revue of 1920s and '30s jazz and blues, "Black and Blue."

365.

John Barry's Moviola (1993)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A broadcast in which Oscar-winning composer John Barry conducts the Royal Philharmonic in his music from "Midnight Cowboy," "Born Free," "Body Heat," "Out of Africa," "Somewhere in Time," "Chaplin," and "Dances With Wolves." Also includes interviews with Richard Attenborough, Kevin Costner, Francis

366.

Barn Again! (1993)
as Funding
A special which visits farms and ranches across the United States and looks at the way historic barns are being restored to their original beauty.

367.

Suddenly Last Summer (1993)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A broadcast of Tennessee Williams' one-act play. A psychiatrist tries to determine the events leading to the breakdown of his patient.

368.

Miles Davis: A Tribute (1993)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A broadcast in which jazz trumpeter Miles Davis is featured in extensive footage from the 1991 Montreux Festival. Also includes interviews with other musicians and rare television footage from the 1950s.

369.

Real McTeague: A Synthesis of Forms, The (1993)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Robert Altman's perspective on Frank Norris' novel "McTeague," a turn-of-the-century tale of a simple dentist and his wife whose lives are destroyed by a bag of gold. Includes passages from the novel, read by Studs Terkel; scenes from composer William Bolcom's music-drama, a 1992 world premiere at L

370.

Parsifal (1993)
as Funding ("Metropolitan Opera Presents")
Telecast of a performance of Richard Wagner's last opera, "Parsifal," from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York. The opera tells the tale of the "guileless fool" who returns the sacred spear -- the weapon used to wound Christ at the crucifixation -- to the brotherhood of the Holy Grail.

Maestros of Philadelphia, The (1993)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A look at Wolfgang Sawallisch and his three predecesors as music director of The Philadlphia Orchestra: Leopold Stokowski, Eugene Ormandy and Riccardo Muti.

Oedipus Rex (1993)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Performance of Stravinsky's 1927 opera, "Oedipus Rex," based on Sophocles' tragedy as staged by Julie Taymor at the Saito Kinen Festival in Matsumoto, Japan. Oedipus, the beloved king of plague-ridden Thebes, in his attempt to discover the murderer of the previous king so that the pestilence may sub

387.

Lean By Jarre (1993)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Composer Maurice Jarre leads the Royal Philharmonic in a special salute to his frequent collaborator, the late director Sir David Lean.

388.

Sorceress: Kiri Te Kanawa, The (1993)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Seven arias from Handel operas are staged to tell the story of the sorceress Alcina and her attempts to steal away the young prince who is the object of her desires.

389.

On the Town in Concert (1993)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Concert performance of the musical "On the Town" about three sailors on 24-hour leave in Manhattan.

Zoo (1993)
as Funding
Examination of the diverse activities at the Miami Metro Zoo, exploring the issues of ethics, finances, technology, administration, and research that zoos confront.

392.

Ballanchine Celebration (1993)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Two ninety-minute programs airing back to back of excerpts from Balanchine ballets. Climax of the New York City Ballet's two-month long, 73-work retrospective of the choreographer's works.

393.

On Television: Teach the Children (1992)
as Funding
A documentary examining the role of television as an educator, discussing the troubling "curriculum" of commercial TV in the United States and putting the national policies that affect children's and educational television into historic context. Also explains how viewers can become involved in the p

Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane and Company (1992)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Documentary about the dance company formed by Bill T. Jones and his late partner Arnie Zane. Centers on Jones' creation, "The Last Supper at Uncle Tom's Cabin," exploring some contemporary issues through dance and discussion: racism, sexism, homophobia and the devastation of AIDS.

Pavarotti Plus! (1992)
as Funding
Tenor Luciano Pavarotti is joined in a concert of operatic arias, duets, and ensembles with other performers from the world of opera.

400.

Faith Even to the Fire (1992)
as Funding
A documentary in which three nuns discuss the issues of racism, sexism, abortion and the impact of Vatican II.

401.

Intimate Stranger (1992)
as Funding ("Pov")
Alan Berliner profiles his grandfather Joseph Cassuto (1905-74), a businessman who worked in Japan while his family stayed in Brooklyn.

402.

Kathleen Battle and Wynton Marsalis: Baroque Duet (1992)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A special in which soprano Kathleen Battle and trumpeter Wynton Marsalis perform Baroque music by Scarlatti, Handel and Bach. Also shows Battle and Marsalis in their separate careeers -- Battle performing classical, and Marsalis playing trumpet in a New Orleans jazz club with his father.

403.

Last Images of War (1992)
as Funding ("Pov")
A profile of the life and work of four photojournalists who were killed while covering the war in Afghanistan -- American Jim Lindelof, British Andy Skripkowiak, Russian Sasha Sekretaryov, and Japanese Naoko Nanjo.

Three Dances by Martha Graham (1992)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A performance of three works by the late choreographer Martha Graham, from the stage of the Paris Opera: "Steps in the Street," "El Penitente" and "Maple Leaf Rag," Graham's last completed work.

408.

Rebuilding of Mascot Flats, The (1992)
as Funding
A documentary about the reconstruction of an abandoned 85-year-old New York City tenement into a low-income housing cooperative called Mascot Flats.

409.

Bladerunners With Torvill and Dean (1992)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A special featuring the skating pair Torvill & Dean performing "Bolero" and "Revolution," as well as a dance commissioned especially for television.

410.

Bowl of Beings, A (1992)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A presentation of "Great Performances" in which the Chicano-American comedy trio "Culture Clash" performs various comedy skits satirizing Chicano icons and stereotypes.

411.

Tales From Hollywood (1992)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
Set during the years 1938-50, a group of German writer emigres find themselves stranded in the twisted maze of Hollywood.

412.

Home on the Range (1992)
as Funding
A documentary exploring the changes in the native culture of Kwajalein in the Marshall Islands since the occupation of the United States Army.

413.

Lar Lubovitch Dance Co. and Momix: Pictures on the Edge (1992)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
In this presentation of "Dance in America," Momix, the dance company formed by Moses Pendleton, performs several works set to Mussorgsky's "Pictures at an Exhibition." Lar Lubovitch creates a duet to Ravel's "Bolero" entitled "Fandango."

414.

Ghosts of Versailles, The (1992)
as Funding
An opera-within-an-opera, set in the spirit world, smitten playwright Beaumarchais tries to alter Marie Antoinette's fate.

415.

Longest Shadow, The (1992)
as Funding ("Pov")
A documentary chronicling Bulgarian refugee Kalina Ivanov's family struggle against Communist oppression, including the internment of her grandfathers.

416.

Jammin': Jelly Roll Morton on Broadway (1992)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A documentary on the making of the Broadway musical "Jelly's Last Jam." Includes interviews with its creators and excerpts from the show as well as material on the life of jazz musician Jelly Roll Morton.

NATIONAL MEMORIAL DAY CONCERT, THE (1992)
as Funding
Third annual National Memorial Day Concert broadcast live from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol, commemorating the 50th anniversary of World War II. Includes music from the 1940s and dramatic readings to honor those who served in World War II.

419.

CAPITOL FOURTH -- 1992, A (1992)
as Funding
A broadcast of the 13th annual Fourth of July concert from the West Lawn of the U.S. Capitol.

420.

Fool's Fire (1992)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An adaptation on the "American Playhouse" series of a story by Edgar Allen Poe. A dwarf court jester is forced to play the fool to a corpulent King and his rotund ministers. Incorporates a variety of masks and puppets, and includes a short documentary on the process of making puppets.

L'Elisir d'Amore (1992)
as Funding
A performance of Donizetti's comic opera about a country bumpkin who attempts to win the heart of a coquette with the aid of a magic potion.

423.

Common Pursuit, The (1992)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A performance of Simon Gray's play about a group of Cambridge University students who start a literary magazine to showcase their brilliant, forward-thinking ideas.

424.

Abbado in Berlin: The First Year (1992)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A special about the Berlin Philharmonic and its new conductor Claudio Abbado, who leads the orchestra in a performance of Mahler's First Symphony.

Capriccio From Salzburg (1992)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Richard Strauss' final opera, "Capriccio," as performed at the Salzburg Music Festival. A countess is unable to choose between the affections of a poet and a composer.

431.

Guys and Dolls Off the Record (1992)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A documentary about the making of the cast album for the 1991 Tony-winning revival of the Broadway musical "Guys and Dolls."

432.

Tru (1992)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
Robert Morse plays Truman Capote in a performance of the one-man Broadway play, "Tru."

433.

Hard Nut, The (1992)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
An updated version of Tchiakovsky's "Nutcracker" ballet choreographed by Mark Morris and inspired by comic-book artist Charles Burns. Set in the 1960s, the Stahlbaum household congregates around the TV clad in bell-bottoms and go-go boots to commence the family Christmas party.

Placido Domingo: The Concert For Planet Earth (1992)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A concert commemorating the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development to preserve the Earth's natural resources, held at the Rio de Janeiro Earth Summit in June 1992.

436.

Carnegie Hall Christmas, A (1991)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A Christmas music special from Carnegie Hall in New York with Kathleen Battle, Frederica Von Stade, Wyton Marsalis, and Andre Previn conducting the Orchestra of St. Luke's.

437.

A. Einstein: How I See the World (1991)
as Funding
A documentary examining physicist Albert Einstein's roles as humanitarian and philosopher. Uses home movies, archival footage and interviews with Einstein's friends and colleagues. Airing as part of the PBS series, "American Masters."

438.

La Pastorela (1991)
as Funding
A contemporary Latino adaptation of "La Pastorela," a musical retelling of the shepherd's journey to Bethlehem to see the Christ Child. Adapted from a medieval Shepherd's/Mystery play.

439.

Sarah Vaughan: The Divine One (1991)
as Funding
A documentary profiling the life of jazz singer Sarah Vaughan. Airing as part of the PBS series, "American Masters."

440.

Lethal Innocence (1991)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A drama based on the true-life story of a small Vermont town that successfully adopts a Cambodian refugee family after a long battle with Washington bureaucrats.

Hyde in Hollywood (1991)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
Set in Hollywood, 1939, a diabolical gossip columnist becomes obsessed with a famous movie director and his terrible secret. The director, in turn, becomes obsessed with the columnist and with the need to vanquish him.

443.

Sunset Gang, The (1991)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A three-part special for "American Playhouse" about a group of people living in a Florida retirement community. "Yiddish" is the story of two married retirees who form a bond when they discover a mutual appreciation of their native language. "The Detective" follows Seymour Shapiro, who is starved fo

444.

Price of Life, The (1991)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A short film about a future society where time is actually used as money thereby shortening the buyer's life.

445.

O Pioneers! (1991)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An adaptation of Willa Cather's 1913 novel about immigrants settling in Nebraska. A presentation of "American Playhouse." In the turn-of-the-century American West, a pioneer Swedish immigrant, inherits her father's ailing farm and single-handedly pulls the land out of potential ruin. But she earns s

Pavarotti Plus! (1991)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
Live broadcast from Lincoln Center of a concert hosted by tenor Luciano Pavarotti and featuring his guests, Cheryl Studer, Paul Plishka, and other well-known artists.

448.

Paul Taylor's Speaking in Tongues (1991)
as Funding
A broadcast of The Paul Taylor Dance Company performing a dance examining the dark underside of a small American town's religious fervor.

Miracle on 44th Street: A Portrait of the Actors Studio (1991)
as Funding
A documentary exploring the history of The Actors Studio, the academy founded in 1947 by Elia Kazan, Robert Lewis, Cheryl Crawford, and Lee Strasburg. The school advanced a naturalistic style of acting based on the work of Russian director and teacher Konstantin Stanislavski, which in the U.S. has a

451.

Everybody Dance Now (1991)
as Funding
A special focusing on contemporary dancers and choreographers of music videos.

Surviving Desire (1991)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A drama presentation on the "American Playhouse" series. A literature professor falls desperately in love with a student.

457.

Uncle Vanya (1991)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A presentation of David Mamet's adaptation of Chekov's "Uncle Vanya," a turn-of-the-century tale of a beautiful woman's devastating effect on a serene Russian household. Broadcast as a presentation of "Great Performances."

458.

Three Hotels (1991)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A confident, jetsetting executive for a multinational conglomerate discovers that his high ranking doesn't count for much when his spouse crosses the line between corporate grace and personal confession while addressing a gathering of business executive wives. A presentation of "American Playhouse."

Peacemaker (1991)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A short film about a young boy growing up amid the fear created by the nuclear-clouded environment of the 1950s. An "American Playhouse" presentation from Chanticleer Films' Discovery Program.

462.

In Motion With Michael Moschen (1991)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A special featuring works choreographed by new wave artist Michael Moschen. Also included is documentary footage of the artist at work.

463.

House of Bernarda Alba, The (1991)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
An adaptation of Federico Garcia Lorca's play about a ruthless Spanish matriarch and her five unmarried daughters.

464.

End of a Sentence, The (1991)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A drama broadcast as a presentation of "American Playhouse." In this monologue, a middle-aged English professor tries to ignite some liberal enthusiasm in his students by inviting an obscure Polish emigre novelist to a special lecture.

465.

Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater: Steps Ahead (1991)
as Funding
A special featuring two works performed by the Alvin Ailey Dance Company, "For Bird -- With Love" and "Episodes." Presentation of "Dance in America," broadcast as a segment of "Great Performances."

466.

Grapes of Wrath, The (1991)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A stage presentation of John Steinbeck's "The Grapes of Wrath," about the hardships of the Joad family and their flight from Oklahoma's dustbowl to California. The Steppenwolf Theater Company's production featuring the original Broadway cast.

467.

Hot Summer Winds (1991)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An adaptation of two short stories by Hisaye Yamamoto. Set in California's Salinas Valley in the late 1930s, a ten-year-old Japanese girl grows up on a farm amidst a mixture of traditional Japanese customs and American popular culture. Presentation of "American Playhouse."

468.

Darrow (1991)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A drama exploring the life of renowned attorney Clarence Darrow.

469.

Astronomer, The (1991)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A short film about a seven-year-old girl in a seedy trailer park in the outskirts of Los Angeles, where the night sky is her only escape.

470.

Into the Woods (1991)
as Funding
A telecast of a performance of the Stephen Sondheim-James Lapine musical. The play links fairy tales by the Brothers Grimm, including Jack and the Beanstalk, Little Red Riding Hood, Rapunzel, and Cinderella. The musical shows what might have happened after the "happily ever after" endings. Includes

471.

Semiramide (1991)
as Funding
A performance of Rossini's opera "Semiramide" from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Takes place in ancient Babylon, where Queen Semiramide pays the price for her murderous plot against the king.

Peter Sellars Directs Cosi Fan Tutte (1991)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
An adaptation of Mozart's "Cosi Fan Tutte" reset in a roadside diner. Don Alfonso bets two young men that their girlfriends would not be faithful if put to the test. Broadcast as a presentation of "Great Performances."

474.

Frederic Remington: The Truth of Other Days (1991)
as Funding
A documentary profiling the life of 19th-century painter and sculptor of the American West, Frederic Remington. Airing as part of the PBS series, "American Masters."

475.

1991 Richard Tucker Gala, The (1991)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A broadcast of the sixteenth annual Richard Tucker Music Foundation Gala. Features highlights by operatic stars who sang during the tribute to the late tenor as well as appearances by winners of the Richard Tucker Awards.

476.

Helen Hayes: First Lady of the American Theatre (1991)
as Funding
A documentary on the life and career of actress Helen Hayes. Friends and associates are interviewed and film clips of some of her performances are shown. Also includes an interview with Hayes. Airing as part of the PBS series, "American Masters."

Colored Museum, The (1991)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A satire lampooning the icons of Black-American art and culture in a series of ten sketches. Based on the 1986 play, "The Colored Museum," by George C. Wolfe, originally produced by New Jersey's Crossroads Theatre Company. Presentation of "Great Performances."

Paul McCartney's Liverpool Oratorio (1991)
as Funding
A special featuring a premiere performance of an oratorio written by Paul McCartney and Carl Davis, inspired by the former's childhood in Liverpool. Includes a documentary introduction featuring the extensive preparations and rehearsal for the concert as well as reminiscenes by McCartney.

481.

Opening Night -- Masur and the Philharmonic (1991)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
Newly-appointed music director Kurt Masur conducts the music of Bruckner, Copeland, and John Adams as the New York Philharmonic celebrates the opening night of its one-hundred-fiftieth season.

482.

Bob Fosse: Steam Heat (1990)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A documentary profile of director/choreographer Bob Fosse. Includes clips from his films and television specials as well as interviews with Fosse, remembrances from his friends, and commentary by Gwen Verdon. A "Dance in America" presentation, broadcast as part of "Great Performances."

483.

Prince Caspian and the Voyage of the Dawn Treader (1990)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A three-part "WonderWorks" presentation that continues the C.S. Lewis classic, "The Chronicles of Narnia." Relates the story of Prince Caspian and the crew of the Dawn Treader on their mission to find the world's end and complete the search for the missing lords of old Narnia.

Finding, The (1990)
as Funding
A "WonderWorks" presentation about a 10-year-old adopted boy who was found as an infant. He receives a mysterious inheritance as his "finding day" approaches, which threatens to tear his comfortable world apart.

486.

Mostly Mozart Festival, The (1990)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
A live broadcast from "The Mostly Mozart Festival," including a performance of Mozart's Piano Concert No. 25 and a concert version of his early one-act opera, "The Impresario."

487.

Dancing For Mr. B: Six Balanchine Ballerinas (1990)
as Funding
A documentary that focuses on six women whose careers as Balanchine ballerinas span four decades. The program includes footage featuring these women dancing in major works.

488.

Flicka and Friends: From Rossini to "Show Boat" (1990)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
Frederica Von Stade, Jerry Hadley, and Samuel Ramey perform some of the numbers from the venerable musical comedy, "Show Boat," as well as arias from the operatic repertoire.

Little Night Music, A (1990)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
The New York City Opera revival of the Stephen Sondheim musical about the romantic entanglements of a jaded, middle-aged actress, her jaded former lover, his innocent young wife, and his naive young son during an enchanted summer weekend in the country.

492.

John Cassavetes (1990)
as Funding
A documentary on actor, writer, producer and director John Cassavetes. Explores his 30-year career on stage, in films and on television, from his first ventures and performances in the 1950s to his death in 1989. Includes "The Making of 'Husbands'" (1971).

493.

New York Philharmonic Five-Star Evening, A (1990)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
A concert broadcast live from Avery Fisher Hall in New York, with four soloists joining Zubin Mehta as he leads the New York Philharmonic in music by Beethoven, Haydn, Bizet, Faure, Ravel, and Weber.

494.

Separation (1990)
as Funding
A drama broadcast as a presentation of "American Playhouse." A two-person play about an emotionally crippled British playwright and an American actress who suffers from a rare neurological disease. When Joe Green calls from London to give Sarah Wise permission to star in an off-off-Broadway producti

495.

Solti's Beethoven: The Fifth Symphony Revisited (1990)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A presentation of "Great Performances" in which the Chicago Symphony Orchestra, under the baton of its music director, Sir Georg Solti, performs Beethoven's "Fifth Symphony." Solti discusses his "un-traditional" interpretation of the work, which is really a strict adherence to Beethoven's own tempo

496.

All God's Dangers (1990)
as Funding
Based on an off-Broadway play, relating the oral history of an Alabama sharecropper, spanning a period of eight decades.

497.

Tailor of Gloucester, The (1990)
as Funding
A musical presentation of the Beatrix Potter story of a tailor miraculously aided by the mice in his shop on Christmas Eve.

Heroes and Strangers (1990)
as Funding
A documentary examining the role of fathers in familial relationships as expressed in the story of the efforts of a man and woman to break the barriers of silence that have kept them distant from their fathers.

500.

World of Jewish Humor, The (1990)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A documentary tracing the evolution of Jewish humor from New York's turn-of-the-century Lower East Side to the present.

501.

Search For Nijinsky's Rite of Spring, The (1990)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A performance of the Joffrey Ballet's reconstruction of the 1913 Nijinsky ballet, "The Rite of Spring." The broadcast also includes a documentary detailing the story of the original production at the Ballet Russe in Paris -- at the first performance of which a riot broke out in the theater -- and th

502.

African Journey (1990)
as Funding
A three-part presentation of "WonderWorks" about Luke, a 16-year-old who visits Africa to spend four months with his father. From the day he arrives, Luke is at odds with Themba Maposa, a 16-year-old African. But as the story unfolds, common experiences unite them in an uncommon bond of friendship.

Czeslaw Milosz: The Poet Remembers (1990)
as Funding
A documentary focusing on Lithuanian-born poet/essayist/novelist Czeslaw Milosz, who was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1980. Interviews and historic film footage are interweaved with reminiscences and readings from his works.

Central Park (1990)
as Funding
A documentary that looks at the variety of ways people use New York's Central Park. The program also illustrates the complex problems the New York City Parks Department faces in order to maintain and preserve the park and keep it open and accessible to the public.

507.

Sensibility and Sense (1990)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
Three friends since the 1930s are reunited, not altogether joyfully. Through scenes that alternate between the present and the past, a web of relationships is explored. A presentation of "American Playhouse."

Allen Ginsberg (1990)
as Funding
A documentary about the personal and literary history and creative process of poet Allen Ginsberg.

510.

Vaclav Havel's Largo Desolato (1990)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A fictionalized autobiographical play written by Czechoslovakian playwright-turned-president Vaclav Havel in 1984 upon his release from a four-and-one-half-year prison term for political subversion. The play focuses on two days in the life of a dissident writer who is awaiting the knock at the door

511.

Tudor Evening With American Ballet Theatre, A (1990)
as Funding
A performance by the American Ballet Theatre of two ballets choreographed by Antony Tudor, "Dark Elegies" and "Jardin aux Lilas." Former Tudor dancers Agnes DeMille and Maude Lloyd appear in a documentary tribute.

512.

Traitor in My House (1990)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
Louise Van Lew is a 12-year-old living in Richmond, Virginia, with her aunt during the final days of the Civil War. Her aunt's anti-war, anti-slavery views make things difficult for Louise, but when a suspicious Confederate general comes to search the house for an escaped Yankee, Louise is forced to

513.

Spike & Co: Do It A Cappella (1990)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A special hosted by Spike Lee and Debbie Allen in which musical groups perform a variety of a capella music. Taped before an audience at the Brooklyn Academy of Music's Majestic Theater. A presentation of "Great Performances."

514.

Mozart in Salzburg (1990)
as Funding
A presentation of "Great Performances" celebrating the life and music of Mozart in a gala from the Salzburg Music Festival. The program also explores other sites in historic Salzburg.

515.

Music By Richard Rodgers (1990)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A presentation of "Great Performances" in which Shirley Jones hosts a musical tribute to composer Richard Rodgers. This profile uses film clips and newly taped performances of musicals in which Rodgers collaborated.

516.

Winslow Boy, The (1990)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A two-hour performance of Terence Rattigan's play set in England just before World War I. A young cadet, Ronnie Winslow, is expelled from the Royal Naval College when he is accused of petty theft. His father, making a considerable sacrifice, fights for two years to prove the boy's innocence. Ronnie

517.

American Indian Dance Theatre: Finding the Circle (1990)
as Funding
A program of traditional Native American dances encompassing a diverse range of sacred, seasonal, and celebratory Indian movement and music. Company members talk about their art and its special role in Indian life in segments taped at an intertribal powwow in Oklahoma and at the Zuni Pueblo in New M

518.

Joyce Carol Oates (1990)
as Funding
A documentary examining the life and works of writer Joyce Carol Oates.

519.

Julie Andrews in Concert (1990)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A broadcast of Julie Andrews' one-woman show, "An Evening With Julie Andrews," recorded live on stage at the Wiltern Theatre. In the show, Andrews reviews her life in song, concluding with a tribute to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, composers of two of her most popular shows, "My Fair Lady" an

520.

Routes of Rhythm With Harry Belafonte (1990)
as Funding
A three-part series, hosted by Harry Belafonte, exploring the origins of Afro-Cuban music. Interviews and archival footage trace the music from Africa through the Caribbean to the United States.

521.

Women and Wallace (1990)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A dark comedy about a young man haunted by his mother's suicide as he tries to connect with other women.

522.

Enemy of the People, An (1990)
as Funding
A drama broadcast as a presentation of "American Playhouse." Adaptation by Arthur Miller of Ibsen's classic play about a doctor who discovers that the mineral springs which have brought economic prosperity to his village are poisoned. When he insists on telling the truth about the pollution, he is p

523.

Orchestra, The (1990)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A special of six music videos incorporating High Definition Television (HDTV) technology to interpret six well-known classical pieces for television.

524.

Mefistofele From the San Francisco Opera (1990)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A performance of the San Francisco Opera production of Boito's "Mefistofele." Broadcast as a presentation of "Great Performances."

525.

You're the Top: The Cole Porter Story (1990)
as Funding ("American Masters")
A documentary about songwriter Cole Porter. Explores his contributions to Broadway and Hollywood and celebrates his distinctive lifestyle and point of view through archival material and interviews with friends.

526.

Princess Kate (1990)
as Funding
A two-part "WonderWorks" presentation about a 14-year-old who discovers that she was adopted and sets out to find her natural mother.

527.

Margot Fonteyn Story, The (1990)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Ballerina Dame Margot Fonteyn remembers her life, from her first dancing lesson through her international ballet career. Fonteyn discusses her professional as well as her personal life. Also included are interviews with her colleagues.

528.

Frederick Law Olmsted and the Public Park in America (1990)
as Funding
A special examining the life and work of landscape architect Frederick Law Olmsted, the creator of New York's Central Park, and his revolutionary approach to designing public spaces. Combines documentary elements of Olmstead's life and work with location photography and dramatization.

529.

Abduction From the Seraglio, The (1990)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A performance of Mozart's comic opera, "The Abduction From the Seraglio," taped at the Salzburg Festival. Set in a Turkish harem, the opera concerns the escapades of a young couple trying to elude the grip of a powerful pasha.

530.

Don Giovanni (1990)
as Funding
A broadcast of Mozart's opera, set in seventeenth-century Spain, based on the legend of Don Juan, the celebrated libertine and seducer.

531.

Cinderella (1990)
as Funding ("Alive From Off Center")
A ballet version of the classic fairy tale, "Cinderella," choreographed by Maguy Marin. A presentation of "Alive From Off Center."

532.

Martin Scorsese Directs (1990)
as Funding
A documentary about director Martin Scorsese. This portrait captures the director at work on his film, "Good Fellas," and features interviews with directors, actors, and associates.

533.

Caddie Woodlawn (1990)
as Funding
A two-part presentation of "WonderWorks." Tells the story of a young pioneer girl in Wisconsin who learns what it means to become a young woman. In Part I, Cousin Annabelle comes to visit, and Caddie gets some unwelcome lessons on being a young lady. In Part II, news of Indian massacres frightens th

534.

John Hammond: From Bessie Smith to Bruce Springsteen (1990)
as Funding
A documentary chronicling fifty years of popular music with the late veteran music producer John Hammond, who is credited with discovering and promoting Billie Holiday, Bessie Smith, and Count Basie. Features interviews with popular artists Hammond discovered and recorded as well as other friends an

535.

Der Ring Des Nibelungen (1990)
as Funding
A "Metropolitan Opera Presents" presentation of Wagner's opera cycle "Der Ring Des Nibelungen" for PBS. The four operas derived from legends of the power struggle among gods, mortals and the forces of nature. The drama centers on the magic ring made from gold stolen from the Rhine River and the curs

536.

Balanchine in America (1990)
as Funding
A presentation of the New York City ballet performing Balanchine's "Serenade" and "Western Symphony."

537.

Pavarotti Plus! (1990)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
Live broadcast from Lincoln Center of a concert hosted by tenor Luciano Pavarotti and featuring his guests, Leona Mitchell, Carol Vaness, and other well-known artists.

538.

Edward R. Murrow: This Reporter (1990)
as Funding
A two-part documentary on journalist Edward R. Murrow. This program explores his life through archival recordings, film clips and interviews with contemporary journalists. Broadcast as a presentation of the series "American Masters."

539.

Zora Is My Name! (1990)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A television drama, broadcast as part of the PBS "American Playhouse" series, about the African-American writer, oral historian and folklorist Zora Neale Hurston. Combines passages from the author's writings, anecdotes, folk tales told by actors, and sketches from the Hurston's life.

540.

Hamlet (1990)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A New York Shakespeare Festival production of "Hamlet" with Kevin Kline in the title role.

Pavarotti Plus!... Plus!! (1989)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
A concert of selections from the operatic repertoire featuring tenor Luciano Pavarotti and his specially invited group of guest artists.

Death and Taxes (1989)
as Funding
A comedy broadcast as part of the PBS anthology series "Trying Times." An orthopedic shoe salesman and part-time saxophone player discovers that even after cheating on your taxes and finding yourself before a Latin-American firing squad, there is still hope for true love.

545.

Ask Me Again (1989)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A comedy about two people who have grown up together thinking they are opposites. Against her wishes, Elizabeth and Nelson are thrown together by their parents, who hope to create the perfect romantic alliance. In order to put an end to her parent's persistence, Elizabeth convinces Nelson that they

546.

Stella Adler: Awake and Dream (1989)
as Funding
A documentary on the life and work of acting teacher Stella Adler. It features an extensive conversation with Adler as well as interviews with actors Karl Malden and John Abbott, and director and acting teacher Bobby Lewis.

547.

Sad Professor, The (1989)
as Funding
A half-hour comedy in the PBS anthology series "Trying Times." A talented, young professor discontented with his success and nearly flawless wife, embarks on an affair with an unlikely colleague, a chain-smoking, bulldozing misanthrope.

548.

Life Under Water (1989)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A dark comedy about five characters whose lives interweave late one summer in the Hamptons of Long Island. Kip is a bored and frustrated 20-year-old boy trying to break ties with his divorced mother Jinx, who is having an affair with Hank, a married man. Upset by this relationship, Kip decides to le

549.

La Sylphide (1989)
as Funding
A performance of the classic ballet by August Bournoville. Set in Scotland, "La Sylphide" centers around a young farmer who is captivated by a sylph (that is, a nymph, woodsprite, spirit). When he attempts to capture her with a magic shawl, she dies in his arms.

550.

Young Charlie Chaplin (1989)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A three-part presentation about the boyhood and young manhood of Charlie Chaplin, who grew up in London in extreme poverty during the early years of this century. By making use of his imagination, the young Charlie survived his unhappy childhood to become the biggest star of his era and one of the g

551.

Diaries of Adam and Eve, The (1989)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A two-character play, taped during a performance from the Plaza Theatre in Dallas, based on Mark Twain's humorous look at the ever-changing relationship between men and women, as told in imagined "diary entries" of Adam and Eve during their stay in the Garden of Eden and their life together outside

552.

Love and Other Sorrows (1989)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A drama, set in St. Louis in 1950, concerning an American family and the first courtship and sexual awakening of the teenage son. Ben Griffin lives with his widowed mother and beautiful 22-year-old sister, Dodie. The restoration of the family's affluence seems to hinge on Dodie's romances and hoped-

553.

W. Eugene Smith: Photography Made Difficult (1989)
as Funding ("American Masters")
A documentary/dramatization of the life of American photographer W. Eugene Smith (1918-78), who captured the social conditions of his era on film. Recreated scenes are interwoven with comments by historians, colleagues, friends, and family members.

554.

Evening With Alan Jay Lerner, An (1989)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Broadcast of a fund-raising gala honoring lyricist Alan Jay Lerner, taped from Lincoln Center in New York. Broadcast as a presentation of "Great Performances."

555.

Neil Simon: Not Just For Laughs (1989)
as Funding
A documentary on the life and work of playwright Neil Simon. Friends and associates as well as the writer himself are interviewed.

556.

New Moon: New City Opera at Wolf Trap, The (1989)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A production of Sigmund Romberg's swashbuckling operetta set in 18th-century New Orleans. Members of the New York City Opera perform from Wolf Trap Farm Park. In the operetta, Robert Mission works as a bondservant in New Orleans in 1792 to avoid detection that he is really a French nobleman wanted f

557.

Philadelphia Orchestra With Andre Watts at Wolf Trap, The (1989)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A "Great Performances" special featuring The Philadelphia Orchestra conducted by Yuri Temirkanov and pianist Andre Watts, performing works by Shostakovich, Rachmaninoff and Benjamin Britten. Taped during a live performance from Wolf Trap Farm Park.

558.

Il Barbiere di Siviglia (1989)
as Funding ("Metropolitan Opera Presents")
Rossini's 1816 adaptation of Beaumarchais's comedy, set in the Spanish city of Seville. Count Almaviva is in love with the beautiful Rosina, the ward of Doctor Bartolo, who intends to marry her himself. With the assistance of Figaro, the town barber and all-around fixer-upper, the Count ultimately w

559.

Hunger Chic (1989)
as Funding
A comedy broadcast as part of the PBS anthology series "Trying Times." A self-absorbed yuppie couple must confront a series of bizarre occurrences provoked by a most unusual household helper and a television remote control.

560.

Walk in the Woods, A (1989)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A political drama inspired by the real-life meeting of U.S. nuclear arms negotiator Paul Nitze and Soviet delegate Yuli Kvitszinsky in Geneva in 1982. The two took "a walk in the woods" in an attempt to reach an agreement on disarmament outside of normal diplomatic channels.

561.

Imagining America (1989)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An anthology of four short films by different directors. Animator Ralph Bakshi's live-action "This Ain't Bebop" is a contemporary narrative about a man's odyssey through the surreal cityscape of downtown Los Angeles as he tries to find the life he has lost. Ed Lachman's "Get Your Kicks on Route 66"

562.

Runaway (1989)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A "WonderWorks" presentation about a poor, latchkey teenager in New York City. He learns about the harsh life of urban runaways when he goes into hiding after being falsely accused of causing an accident in which his friend is seriously injured. The boy lives for 121 days in the subway tunnels of Ne

563.

Beginning of the Firm, The (1989)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A new school term begins at the Lawrenceville Academy and Hickey finds himself saddled with an insufferable and insufferably wealthy freshman, whom he quickly dubs "The Uncooked Beefsteak." His efforts at cutting this braggart down to size are topped only by those of his arch enemy and rival, The Te

564.

Boss, The (1989)
as Funding
A comedy in the PBS anthology series "Trying Times." A recently widowed woman finds a job at Burger Guy, a fast-food franchise, working for a tyrannical 19-year-old manager.

565.

Lion, the Witch & the Wardrobe, The (1989)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A three-part "WonderWorks" adaptation of the first book in C.S. Lewis's seven-volume series, "The Chronicles of Narnia." The fantasy story, set in 1940, centers around the enchanted, mythical kingdom of Narnia, where the evil White Witch holds the land in a never-ending winter with no Christmas. T

566.

Harold Clurman: A Life of Theatre (1989)
as Funding
A documentary on the life and career of Harold Clurman, a co-founder (with Stella Adler and Clifford Odetts) of the Group Theatre and the man often credited with introducing method acting to the United States. Includes footage of Clurman rehearsing Joan Hackett, Richard Dysart, and Julie Harris. Als

567.

Melba (1989)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A four-part "Great Performances" presentation dramatizing the life of world-renowned opera star Nellie Melba, whose career spanned 40 years beginning in 1885. The story follows Melba from her early days as a plantation owner's wife in Australia to her stardom in the opera houses and courts of Europ

568.

Jacob Have I Loved (1989)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A drama based on the book by Katherine Paterson about 15-year-old Louise Bradshaw's jealousy of her twin sister, Caroline. Eventually she finds peace and is able to define her own goals and desires.

569.

Rossini's Cinderella (1989)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A production of Gioacchino Rossini's comic opera based on the popular fairy tale, "Cinderella." The production was taped at the 1988 Salzburg Festival.

570.

Madama Butterfly (1989)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
The Lyric Opera of Chicago's 1985 production of Puccini's opera, set in the late nineteenth century in the city of Nagasaki, about a young Japanese woman who weds an American naval officer who later abandons her and the child she bore him.

571.

Captain Johnno (1989)
as Funding
A two-part "WonderWorks" presentation, set in South Australia in 1953. An 11-year-old hearing-impaired boy decides to run away from home after a series of disturbing events befall him.

Aspern Papers, The (1989)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A telecast of Dominick Argento's opera based on Henry James' novella of the same name. In the opera, set in a crumbling villa on Lake Como, Italy, in 1895 (with flashbacks to 1835), a long-retired and reclusive diva lives with her unmarried niece. A scholar charms his way into their impoverished hou

574.

Mostly Mozart Festival With Itzhak Perlman, The (1989)
as Funding
A live broadcast of a concert performance from the twenty-third annual Mostly Mozart Festival from Lincoln Center. Guest artist violinist Itzhak Perlman plays the music of Mozart and Bach.

575.

Jasper Johns: Ideas in Paint (1989)
as Funding ("American Masters")
A documentary on the life and work of American artist Jasper Johns. Art critics, curators, artists and acquaintances as well as Johns himself are interviewed.

Gregory Hines' Tap Dance in America (1989)
as Funding
A "Great Performances" presentation, hosted by Gregory Hines, featuring performances by some of today's tap-dancers. The show also includes a tribute to legendary tap-dancer Honi Coles. Performed before an audience of tap dancers at the former Billy Rose's Diamond Horseshoe in New York City.

578.

Hit List, The (1989)
as Funding
A comedy airing as part of the PBS anthology series "Trying Times." An everyday suburban man gets seduced into social activism when his name appears on a mysterious computer printout as a possible target of assassination and a fascinating female agent comes calling.

579.

Raisin in the Sun, A (1989)
as Funding
A TV adaptation of the Lorraine Hansberry drama about race relations in America in the 1950s. It is the story of a black American family torn between a mother's pursuit of the middle-class dream, and her son's desire to begin a new life.

Night at the Joffrey Ballet, A (1989)
as Funding
The Joffrey Ballet performs Sir Frederick Ashton's "Monotones II," William Forsythe's "Love Songs," and Gerald Arpino's "Round of Angels." Each work is introduced by its respective choreographer.

582.

L'Africaine (1989)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A performance of Giacomo Meyerbeer's opera "L'Africaine," staged at the San Francisco Opera. Set in the early sixteenth century, the opera tells the story of the Portuguese navigator Vasco Da Gama and the two women who love him.

583.

Broadway Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre (1989)
as Funding
A program profiling the Group Theatre, a theatrical company which introduced "method" acting and was founded in the 1930s in New York. Surviving members of the group are interviewed and archival footage of excerpts from plays originally produced by The Group Theatre is shown.

584.

Our Town (1989)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A performance of the 1989 Broadway revival of Thornton Wilder's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about life in a small New England town at the turn of the century.

585.

Relatively Speaking (1989)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A "Great Performances" presentation of the 1967 Alan Ayckbourn farce which examines the subject of love as a juggling act of romantic relationships, including adultery and mistaken identity.
Greg is jealous of his girlfriend Ginny. He discovers she has been involved previously with an older man, bu

586.

Richard Burton: In From the Cold (1989)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A two-part documentary examining the life and career of actor Richard Burton, who died in 1984. Included are clips from Burton's stage and screen performances and interviews with family members.

587.

Good Life, A (1989)
as Funding ("Trying Times")
A comedy about a disgruntled family man who makes a smoking declaration of independence by taking up his old smoking habit against everyone's wishes.

588.

Big Time (1989)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An "American Playhouse" presentation focusing on the fast-paced, unfulfilled lives of three young professionals: Fran, a fashion model who regards modeling as an empty profession and yearns to become a serious actress; Michael, a successful investment banker and the man who supports Fran; and Paul,

589.

Bernstein at 70 (1989)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Celebrities from Broadway and classical and pop music join the Boston Symphony Orchestra at their summer home, the Tanglewood Music Festival, in a gala seventieth birthday salute to the American composer and conductor Leonard Bernstein.

590.

Wynton Marsalis: Blues and Swing (1989)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A "Great Performances" special featuring trumpet player Wynton Marsalis in concert with his jazz quartet. Also included are scenes of Marsalis coaching young musicians in a master class at Harvard University and a younger group of students at the Duke Ellington School of the Arts in Washington, D.C

591.

Two Daddies? (1989)
as Funding
An animated special about a young girl who must learn to accept her divorced mother's remarriage.

Show Boat (1989)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A performance of Jerome Kern's classic 1928 musical, "Show Boat." Set aboard Mississippi riverboats at the turn of the century, it tells the story of the bittersweet romance between Magnolia Hawkes, daughter of the "Cotton Blossom" captain, and Gaylord Ravenal, a rakish riverboat gambler.

594.

Celebrating Bird: The Triumph of Charlie Parker (1989)
as Funding
A documentary on the life and work of jazz innovator Charlie Parker, airing as part of the "American Masters" series. A selection of the saxophonist's recordings is highlighted. Musicians Dizzy Gillespie, Louis Armstrong, Count Basie, Jimmy Dorsey, and Thelonious Monk also appear in clips, as well a

595.

Milos Forman: Portrait (1989)
as Funding
A documentary on the life and work of Czechoslovakian-born film director Milos Forman. The program combines footage of Forman directing "Valmont" with a retrospective of his life and work, featuring conversations with the director, interviews with his colleagues, and clips from his films.

Satchmo: The Life of Louis Armstrong (1989)
as Funding ("American Masters")
A documentary on the life and work of trumpeter, singer and bandleader Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong. Film clips of Armstrong's major Hollywood and television appearances are included as well as home movies from the 1930s and 1960s and interviews with those who knew him and were influenced by him. Airin

Trial of Bernhard Goetz, The (1988)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A courtroom drama based in its entirety on the actual transcripts of the trial of Bernhard Goetz, a New Yorker accused of attempted murder when he shot and seriously wounded four black youths, his fellow passengers on a subway train, when one asked him for money.

600.

Frog (1988)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A "WonderWorks" presentation about a teenage boy who has a hard time transferring his affections from reptiles to girls, though he is helped by his pet -- a 600-year-old talking frog.

601.

Miser, The (1988)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A "Great Performances" presentation of Moliere's classic play about a widower who allows his miserliness to rule his whole exlistence and that of his children.

602.

Return of Hickey, The (1988)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An "American Playhouse" production continuing the saga of William Hicks, first seen in "The Prodigious Hickey." The program focuses on the students at the Lawrenceville School in New Jersey, providing a close look at prep school life 80 years ago. The story begins with Hickey's return to school for

603.

Taxi Driver... Conversation With a Champ, The (1988)
as Funding
A documentary profiling Carlos Ortiz, a fourteen-time World Lightweight Boxing Champion, who left Puerto Rico when he was eleven years old and came to New York to try and make it in the fight game. Ortiz recounts his rise and fall from glory, as well as his battle with alcoholism.

604.

Lillian Gish: The Actor's Life For Me (1988)
as Funding
A documentary examining the life and work of Lillian Gish. The "American Masters" presentation includes a personal interview, film clips and photographs of some of her most memorable performances.

605.

Turandot (1988)
as Funding ("Metropolitan Opera Presents")
A performance of Puccini's last opera, which tells the story of a beautiful princess in ancient China who demands that her suitors solve three riddles or face death for failing.

606.

Maria Callas: An Operatic Biography (1988)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Profile of opera legend Maria Callas. The special includes never-before-seen footage of concert and operatic performances and interviews with friends and key people in the opera world.

607.

Hiroshima Maiden (1988)
as Funding
A "WonderWorks" presentation, set in 1955, about how the life of an American family is disrupted when a young Japanese girl scarred during the bombing of Hiroshima comes to stay with them.

608.

Once in a Lifetime (1988)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A presentation of George S. Kaufman and Moss Hart's classic play, set in Hollywood in the 1920s, about three vaudeville players who seek their fortunes teaching silent film stars how to talk.

609.

New York Philharmonic New Year's Eve Gala, The (1988)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
A live broadcast from Avery Fisher Hall in New York, featuring music director Zubin Mehta conducting the New York Philharmonic in a festive New Year's Eve performance with guest artist Placido Domingo.

Gottschalk, A Musical Portrait (1988)
as Funding
A documentary which examines the life of a forgotten musician--pianist and composer Louis Moreau Gottschalk, who died in 1869 and whose works have been rediscovered. The program features performances of some of his works and readings from his journal, "Notes of a Pianist." Also included is a drama

612.

Lumina: Reports on the Arts (1988)
as Funding
A documentary which takes an unconventional approach to reporting the arts as news, and featuring various topics as Zydeco music; the controversy surrounding the "Artists' Rights Bill" before Congress; a centennial exhibition of works by Georgia O'Keeffe at the National Gallery in Washington, D.C.,

613.

I Never Sang For My Father (1988)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An "American Playhouse" presentation of Robert Anderson's autobiographical play about the evolving relationship between an iron-willed, domineering father and the grown son who desperately wants to love him.

614.

Gryphon (1988)
as Funding
A "WonderWorks" presentation about an extraordinary and strange substitute teacher who brings an exciting new approach to sharing information to a blase group of inner-city youngsters bored by the pedantic techniques of their usual teacher.

615.

Paul Taylor: "Roses" and "Last Look" (1988)
as Funding
The Paul Taylor Dance Company performs two 1985 masterworks -- "Roses" and "Last Look" -- that demonstrate the versatility of Taylor's choreography. Also included is an interview with the choreographer.

616.

Waltz Through the Hills, A (1988)
as Funding
A two-part "WonderWorks" presentation about two orphaned children who face the harsh Australian outback in their desire to get to Perth so they can board a ship and find their only surviving relatives in England.

617.

Saint Gaudens: Masque of the Golden Bowl (1988)
as Funding
A dramatization of the life of sculptor Augustus Saint Gauden, drawing on his unpublished autobiography as well as writings of friends and collaborators.

618.

Lemon Sky (1988)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An "American Playhouse" presentation of Lanford Wilson's autobiographical play about a young man in the 1950s who tries to re-establish his relationship with his estranged father and his second wife thirteen years later.

619.

Andre Watts' 25th Anniversary (1988)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
A live broadcast from Avery Fisher Hall in New York, featuring pianist Andre Watts commemorating the twenty-fifth anniversary of his solo debut with the New York Philharmonic.

620.

Ariadne auf Naxos (1988)
as Funding
A "Metropolitan Opera Presents" presentation, taped at Lincoln Center in New York March 12, 1988, of Richard Strauss' opera about a rich Viennese who commissions two works for an evening's entertainment: a serious oepra and a comic farce. Great chaos ensues when he stipulates at the last moment th

621.

Born to Run (1988)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A "WonderWorks" presentation in which a boy in New South Wales, Australia, in the early 1900s, saves his family from financial ruin when he turns a foundling colt into a champion race horse.

622.

Strange Interlude (1988)
as Funding
A four-and-a-half hour adaptation for television of Eugene O'Neill's epic play (which, performed in a rotating series of performances, ran over nine hours in its original stage production on Broadway in the '20s) about a woman, who, grieving for her fiancee who was killed in action in the World War,

623.

Toscanini: The Maestro (1988)
as Funding
An in-depth profile of conductor Arturo Toscanini, featuring music from the renowned NBC Symphony telecasts.

624.

Nixon in China (1988)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A three-hour world premiere telecast of the minimalist and romantic opera documenting Richard Nixon's historic trip to China, telecast from the Houston Grand Opera as part of "Great Performances."

625.

Balanchine and Cunningham: An Evening at American Ballet Theatre (1988)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
The American Ballet Theatre performs George Balanchine's "La Sonnambula" and Merce Cunningham's "Duets" in this "Dance in America" presentation, taped in Denmark in July, 1987. Also included is an interview taped in New York in September, 1987, with Mikhail Baryshnikov, in which he discusses the two

626.

Pigeon Feathers (1988)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
Adaptation for television of two American short stories. In John Updike's "Pigeon Feathers," a young farm boy searches for a way to keep his soul alive forever. Along the way, he questions the validity of theological explanations concerning heaven and earth. "The Revolt of Mother," by Mary E. Wilkin

627.

Aretha Franklin: The Queen of Soul (1988)
as Funding
A documentary following the career of Aretha Franklin from her early years as a gospel singer to her rise to fame. The program features performance clips and interviews with family and friends.

628.

Nureyev's Cinderella (1988)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A production by the Paris Opera Ballet of the classic tale of Cinderella set in the art deco world of Hollywood in the 1930s.

629.

Wolf Trap Salutes Dizzy Gillespie: An All-Star Tribute to the Jazz Master (1988)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A "Great Performances" broadcast of a concert taped at Wolf Trap Farm Park in June 1987, celebrating Dizzy Gillespie's 70th birthday. Included are film clips of Dizzy with other historical figures in jazz, stills and sound recordings, and interviews with friends and colleagues.

Mikado, The (1988)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A retelling of the classic Gilbert & Sullivan operetta by the English National Opera in the style of a Busby Berkeley/Marx Brothers film set in a seaside English hotel. A "Great Performances" presentation.

632.

Trovatore, Il (1988)
as Funding
A "Metropolitan Opera Presents" presentation, taped at Lincoln Center in New York on October 15, 1988, of Giuseppe Verdi's opera about two brothers, separated at birth, who love the same woman.

633.

Rigoletto (1988)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
A live telecast of the New York City Opera's production of Verdi's tragic opera about the hunchbacked court jester, Rigoletto, who seeks revenge on his patron, the Duke of Mantua, for the seduction of his daughter, Gilda.

634.

Land of Little Rain, The (1988)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A "American Playhouse" presentation relating the story of Mary Austin, a little-known American writer of the turn of the century, and her extraordinary exploits as she begins to form a relationship with the local Native Americans despite the criticism of local whites. Austin eventually moves to Los

635.

Les Contes d'Hoffman (1988)
as Funding
A broadcast of Jacques Offenbach's 1881 fantasy opera about the three loves of the poet Hoffman and his battles with three evil geniuses who prevent him from realizing his dreams. Taped January 8, 1988, at the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City. Performed in French.

636.

Andre Kertesz of the Cities (1988)
as Funding
A documentary following photographer Andre Kertesz in the last year of his life as he travels from New York to Budapest, to Paris, illustrating how these three cities greatly affected his art.

637.

Journey Into Genius (1988)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
Drama tracing the early artistic development of the writer Eugene O'Neill.

638.

Duke Named Ellington, A (1988)
as Funding
A two-part documentary offering a retrospective of the career of Duke Ellington, specifically his music, revealing the man behind it, his varied creative accomplishments and his enormous contribution to American music. An "American Masters" presentation.

639.

On Television: Public Trust or Private Property (1988)
as Funding
A documentary which reveals TV's "invisible" aspects--its legal and economic foundations and proposed legislation that may alter television as we know it. The program uses the medium itself to expose all these aspects with a view toward what the average citizen can do to better manage the nation's

640.

Golden Land (1988)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A dramatic adaptation of a short story by William Faulkner, set in Hollywood's heyday, concerning a Nebraska businessman whose values crumble and family drifts apart as he succumbs to a decadent lifestyle while seeking fame and fortune. A "Tales From the Hollywood Hills" presenation.

641.

Big Knife, The (1988)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A televison adaptation of Clifford Odets' 1949 Broadway stage play about greed and avarice in the Hollywood film industry during the 1940s. A top movie star is torn between the lure of a new contract offered by a ruthless studio boss who knows a dark secret from his past, and the love of his wife, w

642.

Old Reliable, The (1988)
as Funding
An adaptation of a short story by P.G. Wodehouse set in Hollywood's heyday about a former film goddess and her younger sister, who collaborate on a racy memoir that could ruin the biggest names in show business.

643.

Suspicion (1988)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An "American Playhouse" remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1941 thriller about a woman who thinks her husband is trying to kill her.

644.

Closed Set, The (1988)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A dramatic adaptation of a short story by Gavin Lambert set in 1950s Hollywood concerning a young director seduced by the deadly charms of a fading movie star who forms her own production company to make her comeback. A "Tales From the Hollywood Hills" presentation.

645.

Home at Last (1988)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A ficticious drama based on the real Orphan Trains which transported children from New York to the sparcely populated Midwest for adoption. The story deals with Billy, a 13-year-old street kid from New York City, who gets a chance at a new life when an orphan train brings him to Nebraska and to a ha

646.

Pat Hobby Teamed With Genius (1987)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
The third segment in the "Tales From the Hollywood Hills" collection of stories, airing as part of "Great Performances." This presentation is adapted from three of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Pat Hobby Stories," and deals with a hard luck hack Hollywood screenwriter who starts an unlikely collaboration w

647.

Haunting of Barney Palmer, The (1987)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
Young Barney Palmer fears he has inherited the Scholar family magical powers when he becomes haunted by the spirit of his great uncle.

648.

Story of a Marriage (1987)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A five-part series, telecast as three consecutive "American Playhouse" presentations, tracing the trials and tribulations of author Horton Foote's family in a small Texas community from the turn of the 20th century thru the end of World War I. This is part of a nine-play cycle entitled "The Orphan's

649.

Celebrating Gershwin (1987)
as Funding
A two-part special that celebrates the music and life of composer George Gershwin. The first part, "The Jazz Age," traces the composer's career from 1919 when he had his first hit, "Swanee," through the '20s when he composed his first big orchestral piece, "Rhapsody in Blue." The second part, "'S Wo

Prodigious Hickey, The (1987)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An "American Playhouse" production set at a boys prep school in 1905. The story begins in September when the new semester begins, and revolves around the returning big man on campus, William Hicks, otherwise known as "the prodigious Hickey" for his ingenious pranks. Also featured in the story are th

652.

Room to Move (1987)
as Funding
Young Carol Trig has been trained as a top track athlete. When Angie becomes a new student at her school, Carol discovers she is an expert dancer despite her forbidding punk look. They find common ground for a friendship that leads to heightened self-awareness and determination on the part of each.

653.

Natica Jackson (1987)
as Funding
The first episode in the three-part series, "Tales From the Hollywood Hills." The stories are all set in Hollywood's golden era of the '30s. John O'Hara's "Natica Jackson" deals with an actress who is tired of being alone and enters into an affair with a married man.

654.

House of Blue Leaves, The (1987)
as Funding
An "American Playhouse" presentation of John Guare's comedy/drama set in Queens at the time of a papal visit. The production is that of the Lincoln Center Theatre Company which moved to Broadway, where it was taped at the evening performance at the Plymouth Theater on 1/29/87. Guare's play was origi

655.

Rubinstein Remembered: A 100th Anniversary Tribute (1987)
as Funding ("American Masters")
Actor-composer John Rubinstein hosts a profile of his pianist grandfather, Arthur Rubinstein, who, had he lived (he died in 1982), would have celebrated his one-hundredth birthday on January 28, 1987. To commemorate that anniversary, the people of Lodz, Poland, brought the Rubinstein family back to

656.

George Gershwin Remembered (1987)
as Funding ("American Masters")
A documentary chronicling the career of composer George Gershwin, originally airing during the 50th anniversary year of his death in 1937 at the age of 39. The program includes material from the Gershwin family's photo albums and home movies, footage of Gershwin in performance and rehearsal, and cli

657.

David Gordon's Made in U.S.A. (1987)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Three ballets, written and constructed by David Gordon, are offered with Mikhail Baryshnikov as the star performer. The works are: "Valda and Misha," "TV Nine Lives," and "Murder." The first of the ballets ("Valda and Misha") was commissioned for this telecast.

658.

Ride a Northbound Horse (1987)
as Funding
A "WonderWorks" presentation about Cav Rand, a young boy newly orphaned, who sells the family belongings so he can buy a horse and join a cattle drive. When the horse is stolen by a crooked peddler, he becomes a cook in the cattle drive and, along with his new friends, outwits the peddler to get his

659.

Little Princess, A (1987)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A three-part adaptation of the classic novel by Francis Hodgson Burnett. The story deals with Sara Crewe, the gifted daughter of a wealthy man, who is reduced to working as a scullery maid when her father suddenly dies, leaving her penniless. Sara's hope and determination, along with help from a sec

660.

Almost Partners (1987)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A "WonderWorks" presentation centering on the escapades of a bright 14-year-old girl who dreams of being a detective. Molly McCue becomes bored with her quiet, suburban life and fantasizes about becoming a detective. She gets her chance when the urn containing the ashes of her recently departed gran

661.

All My Sons (1987)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An adaptation of Arthur Miller's 1947 play about a family in turmoil because of the father's dishonesty and compromise. Joe Keller was a war profiteer and his partner went to jail for selling defective parts to the Army while Joe was absolved. Joe's older son was killed in the war, yet Kate Keller,

662.

Joan Sutherland Anniversary Gala, The (1987)
as Funding
The telecast celebrates the twenty-fifth anniversary of Dame Joan Sutherland's debut at the Metropolitan Opera in 1962. Scenes from "Lucia di Lammermoor," Act III of "Rigoletto," and Act III of "La Traviata" are performed with full sets and costumes. Sutherland and Luciano Pavarotti are the leading

663.

There Were Times, Dear (1987)
as Funding
A drama about a wife who never needed to be independent because her husband took care of everything. But Susanne Millard must begin to undertake all family responsibilities when Bob, her husband, is diagnosed as having Alzheimer's Disease.

664.

Last Warhorse, The (1987)
as Funding
An Australian production about an old scrap dealer who lives with his three grandchildren and their beloved Clydesdale workhorse Sam on a prime piece of real estate in a rundown neighborhood. Their lives are disrupted when a wealthy Japanese land developer decides to build a large hotel next door an

665.

Daniel and the Towers (1987)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
The story of Simon Rodia, the real-life artist who spent 30 years constructing Los Angeles' Watts Towers, a monument to Christopher Columbus, and his fictional relationship with Daniel, a young boy.

666.

Christmas With Flicka (1987)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Frederica Von Stade, Melba Moore and Rex Smith sing Christmas music from the Alpine village of St. Wolfgang, Austria.

667.

Wide Net, The (1987)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An "American Playhouse" presentation adapted from Eudora Welty's story about a young couple coming of age in the American South in 1933. Set in rural Mississippi, the story focuses on the turbulent relationship of a young married couple -- William Wallace and his wife Hazel. Recently wed, their youn

668.

Walking on Air (1987)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A drama aimed to foster understanding and reduce prejudice by able-bodied youngsters toward their physically challenged peers. Danny, a boy who uses a wheelchair, discovers the wonderful feeling of weightlessness during a hydrotherapy session. Danny then confronts his family, friends and NASA to ens

669.

Long Day's Journey Into Night (1987)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
Eugene O'Neill's Pulitzer Prize-winning play about the tragic Tyrone family, presented in a controversial production by Jonathan Miller. Under Miller's direction, the characters interrupt each other much like normal conversation, thereby both shortening and dramatically heightening the action. The p

670.

Agnes: The Indomitable De Mille (1987)
as Funding
A special featuring the thoughts and reflections of Agnes DeMille, legendary choreographer of "Rodeo," "Fall River Legend," and "Oklahoma!" Exerpts from her many works are featured.

671.

Quest Beyond Time (1987)
as Funding
A "WonderWorks" presentation about Mike, a young hang-gliding enthusiast, who mysteriously finds himself transported to the year 2457 into a land virtually destroyed by nuclear war. The residents believe that their prayers have been answered when the young man with the machine that flies is deposit

672.

My Man Bovanne (1987)
as Funding
A drama dealing with the desire to grow old the way you want to, not the way your children want you to. The topic is covered through the character of Hazel Peoples, a 60-year-old in conflict with her grown children about basic life values and her own sexuality. Broadcast as a segment of the PBS seri

673.

Table at Ciro's, A (1987)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
The second segment in the "Tales From the Hollywood Hills" collection of stories, airing as part of "Great Performances." Budd Shulberg's drama deals with the head of a film studio who plans a small dinner party at the nightclub, "Ciro's," creating the opportunity for the guests and the staff of the

674.

Evening With Placido Domingo, An (1987)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A live broadcast of a concert at Avery Fisher Hall in New York with tenor Placido Domingo and his guests. The format breaks the mold of the traditional, formal concert as Domingo chats with the audience in between selections from the classical and the popular repertoire.

675.

Paper Boy, The (1987)
as Funding
In Depression-Era Australia, Young Joe O'Riordan turns his part-time paper boy job into a full-time occupation to support his family when his father loses his factory job. His subsequent flirtation with communism causes a rift with his father that provokes Joe to leave home and live on the streets.

676.

Ten-Year Lunch: The Wit and Legend of the Algonquin Round Table, The (1987)
as Funding ("American Masters")
A documentary focusing on a group of about a dozen of America's wittiest writers and performers of the 1920s and their renowned daily luncheons at the Hotel Algonquin in New York. What began as a practical joke aimed at one of the group's members became a legendary gathering that has come to symboli

677.

Carmen (1987)
as Funding
A performance of Bizet's opera about a love triangle between a naive young officer, an aging toreador, and the bewitching gypsy temptress whom they both love.

678.

Asinamali (1987)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A performance of a South African drama that probes the roots of injustice under apartheid. "Asinamali," which in Zulu means "we have no money," concerns five prison inmates who recount the crimes for which they were arrested. Their stories, darkly hilarious, expand into a nightmare version of life

679.

Blue Window (1987)
as Funding
A drama which depicts one Sunday evening in the lives of seven disparate New Yorkers attending a dinner party. Their encounter reveals the desperation, fear, loneliness, and unhappiness that often lurks beneath banal cocktail party chatter, resulting in a view of social relationships in the 1980's.

680.

Movie Palaces, The (1987)
as Funding
A documentary about the great American movie palaces of the 1920s and 1930s. Filmed on location at some of the extraordinary theaters across the country, the program explores the diverse and priceless architecture of such greats as the Atlanta Fox, the Wiltern in Los Angeles, San Antonio's Majestic

681.

Eleanor -- In Her Own Words (1987)
as Funding
An "American Playhouse" one-woman drama about Eleanor Roosevelt, adapted from her writings and radio shows.

682.

Mostly Mozart Festival Gala, A (1987)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A concert broadcast live from the stage of Avery Fisher Hall in New York, featuring the Mostly Mozart Festival Orchestra and guest artists in performances of music by Bach and Mozart.

683.

Music Makers: An ASCAP Celebration of American Music at Wolf Trap, The (1987)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A "Great Performances" presentation saluting the American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP), founded in 1914 and with a membership today of nearly 40,000 writers and publishers. The program was taped at Wolf Trap Farm Park in June 1987, and features performers from every aspect of

684.

Zauberflote, Die (1987)
as Funding
A live presentation of the New York City Opera's new production of Mozart's opera, telecast from the stage of the New York State Theater at Lincoln Center. The "Live From Lincoln Center" presentation is performed in German with English subtitles.

685.

New York Philharmonic New Year's Gala Concert (1987)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
A gala New Year's Eve concert with the New York Philharmonic under the direction of Zubin Mehta, telecast live from Avery Fisher Hall at Lincoln Center.

686.

Mistaken Charity, A (1987)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A drama about two sisters, proud and independent, who try to maintain their dignity and self-respect in the face of advancing years and failing health and fortune. Set in 19th century New England, the story explores the tensions of coping with the infirmities of old age and the desire to live an ind

687.

Dialogues of the Carmelites (1987)
as Funding
Francis Poulenc's 1957 opera about a community of Carmelite nuns who face the guillotine during the French Revolution is telecast from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York City in a taped performance recorded on April 4, 1987. The opera is sung in a translation from the original French text, whi

688.

Other Prisoners (1987)
as Funding
A documentary which looks at the Kentucky penal system through the eyes of its correctional officers. As the officers talk about the realities of their world--everyday scuffles and insults, pressures, and fears--it becomes clear that working in the penal system affects their home lives, their healt

689.

Hector's Bunyip (1987)
as Funding
A small Australian town becomes the center of national attention when a poor but happy family fight to keep one of three foster children, a six-year-old physically challenged boy named Hector, after a welfare counselor deems the family's home unsuitable. The family hides Hector, claiming he was tak

690.

Mighty Pawns (1987)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A drama about a new teacher in a tough inner-city school, and how he arouses the interest of his "problem" students by getting them involved in the game of chess. The story is based on the real-life happenings at a school in Philadelphia.

691.

Opening Night Gala Concert, An (1987)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
The opening night concert of the 1987-88 New York Philharmonic Season, telecast live from the stage of Avery Fisher Hall in New York. Sir Colin Davis conducts a concert of music by Beethoven and Brahms, with Murray Perahia as piano soloist.

692.

Hockey Night (1987)
as Funding
A "WonderWorks" presentation about a 14-year-old girl who feels alone and disoriented after moving to a small town with her newly-separated mother and younger sister. Adding to her frustration is her discovery that there is no girls' team for her favorite sport, hockey. Despite protestations from

693.

Fig Tree, The (1987)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
An adaptation of an autobiographical short story by Katherine Anne Porter about Miranda, a young girl motherless since infancy and obsessed with death. It is the death and burial of a chick and the intercession of her eccentric Great Aunt Eliza that allow Miranda to come to terms with the cycle of l

694.

Comedy of Errors, The (1987)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A production of Shakespeare's comedy played in vaudeville style, with the bard himself part of the performance. The story concerns two sets of identical twins and the inevitable problems of mistaken identity that ensue when different pairs of them meet up in different combinations.

695.

In Memory of... A Ballet By Jerome Robbins (1987)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A ballet by choreographer Jerome Robbins, from a violin concerto by German composer Alban Berg, about a young woman about a young woman facing death. The music conjures imagery associated with death so strongly that Robbins' male character is actually death personified. Berg wrote the piece in the l

696.

Broadway Sings: The Music of Jule Styne (1987)
as Funding
A tribute to composer Jule Styne taped in New York City at the St. James Theatre on January 26-28, 1987. The program features renditions of Styne standards, clips of Gene Autry, Doris Day, Marilyn Monroe and Frank Sinatra performing his songs, and the composer talking with various personalities.

Dottie (1987)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A drama about a victim of agoraphobia, the fear of being in open or public places, who learns that her oldest sister is dying of leukemia. Her decision to venture outside the sanctuary of her home to visit her sister forces her to confront both her phobia and their strained relationship.

699.

Colour in the Creek (1987)
as Funding
A two-part "WonderWorks" presentation about a Depression-era family living in Australia, who decide to go off and search for gold. In the first part, the Fletcher family sets up camp along with other poverty-stricken families hoping to find gold, and 12-year-old Alec Fletcher finds he has a problem

700.

Ozawa (1987)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A behind-the-scenes look by documentary film team Albert and David Maysles at the private and public life of celebrated conductor Seiji Ozawa. The director of the Boston Symphony Orchestra is seen rehearsing, performing, and relaxing at Tanglewood, Massachusetts (the summer home of the orchestra), a

701.

Aida (1987)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A performance of Verdi's opera, taped on October 15, 1987, at Houston's Wortham Theater Center, the new home of the Houston Grand Opera.

702.

Treemonisha (1986)
as Funding
Scott Joplin's ragtime parable about a progressive-minded young woman who leads her community away from superstition and fear and toward education and enlightenment.

703.

Miles Ahead: The Music of Miles Davis (1986)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A portrait of legendary jazz trumpeter, bandleader and composer Miles Davis, who defined the sound of contemporary jazz. The program profiles his life and career, and features Davis in performance at the Saenger Theater in New Orleans as part of the 1986 New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival, and i

704.

Lohengrin (1986)
as Funding
Wagner's opera of medieval Antwerp, and the mysterious knight of the Holy Grail, Lohengrin. The knight, led by a swan, comes to Antwerp to save the innocent Elsa from the evil grasp of the sorceress Ortrud. Ortrud makes Elsa suspicious of her future husband, who finally crushes the evil forces. But

705.

Candide (1986)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
A live broadcast of the New York City Opera's production of Leonard Bernstein's operatic adaptation of Voltaire's short novel about the nature of good and evil in this, "the best of all possible worlds."

706.

Rise and Rise of Daniel Rocket, The (1986)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An adaptation of Peter Parnell's off-Broadway play which describes the experiences of Daniel Rocket who, as a twelve-year-old boy, loves Alice. Twenty years later, after becoming rich and famous, he returns to his hometown a lonely man, reminded of his past love. The fantasy-drama focuses on Rocket'

707.

Lone Star Kid, The (1986)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A young boy decides to run for mayor of his home town. Based on the real experiences of Brian Zimmerman.

708.

Roommate, The (1986)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
Orson Ziegler is a "straight arrow" student at a midwestern college in the '50s. Conflict arises in Orson's ordered, well-planned life when he acquires a new roommate, Hub Palamountain, an eccentric iconoclast, a beat generation rebel.

709.

Sunday in the Park With George (1986)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A musical inspired by the painting "A Sunday Afternoon on the Island of Grande Jatte," and based loosely on the life of its creator, French Neo-Impressionist painter, Georges Seurat (1859-1891), and the characters depicted in the painting. The program was taped at the Booth Theatre, on Broadway.

710.

Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1986)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A adaptation of Mark Twain's classic tale of the adventures of the runaway boy, Huckleberry Finn.

711.

Heartbreak House (1986)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
An adaptation of George Bernard Shaw's serious comedy about a cultured society concerned with the vagaries of love, heartbreak, and civil values, while the vision of World War One looms ahead.

712.

Le Nozze di Figaro (1986)
as Funding
Mozart's comic masterpiece about the valet Figaro who must defend the honor of his bride-to-be against his master, the lecherous Count Almaviva. The performance was videotaped at the Metropolitan Opera House on December 14, 1985.

713.

Hansel und Gretel (1986)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A filmed adaptation of Humperdinck's beloved fairy-tale opera. Sung in German with English subtitles.

714.

Rocket to the Moon (1986)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An adaptation of Clifford Odet's 1938 play, set in a dentist's office in New York City on a hot summer day. Ben Stark, the dentist, feels that his life has come to a standstill, with his clinging wife, Belle, and his alluring secretary, Cleo, adding to his distress. Stark begins to live spontaneousl

715.

Goya (1986)
as Funding
A telecast from the Kennedy Center in Washington of Gian Carlo Menotti's new opera, "Goya." The story concerns the love affair between the celebrated Spanish artist of the Napoleanic era and the Duchess of Alba, his mistress and model for his "Maja" portraits.

716.

Fledermaus, Die (1986)
as Funding
Johann Strauss's beloved operetta of old Vienna, involving mistaken identity, revenge, and romantic mix-ups, telecast live from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera in a gala New Year's Eve performance.

717.

National Downhome Blues Festival, The (1986)
as Funding
Twenty-five master blues performers gather at Atlanta's Moonshadow Saloon to perform music that spans the blues spectrum, with sounds from Mississippi cotton plantations to the smokey nightspots of southside Chicago.

718.

Cotton Club Remembered, The (1986)
as Funding
A gala reunion performance with some of the original Cotton Club stars who made the Harlem night club one of the most famous in the world. Interviews and film clips from the era are combined with live performances.

719.

Painting Churches (1986)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
Tina Howe's off-Broadway play about a talented artist who returns to her New England roots after an absence of many years in order to paint a portrait of her aging, eccentric parents. The bittersweet drama is a dramatic portrait of the inner-workings of a loving and talented family.

720.

Global Assembly Line, The (1986)
as Funding
International competition and the need to cut production costs are forcing American-based businesses to shut down and search the globe for low-wage labor. The film looks at the internationalization of work and its meaning for Americans and third world countries.

721.

Gian Carlo Menotti: The Musical Magician (1986)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A documentary portrait of the famous composer, Gian Carlo Menotti. Featured in the program are excerpts from his works and interviews with the composer, his friends and colleagues.

722.

Soundings (1986)
as Funding
A four-part program that explores the process of creating music through profiles of four innovative contemporary composers -- Joseph Schwantner, George Rochberg, Walter Robinson, and Harry Somers -- who work with prominent musicians and performers in rehearsal. Each program presents studio performan

723.

Roanoak (1986)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A three-part dramatic recreation of the first encounters between English explorers and Native American Indians between the years 1584 and 1590, when the British landed on Roanoak Island to begin trading with the Algonquian-speaking Indians. The drama is based on hundreds of pages written by the expl

724.

House of Ramon Iglesia, The (1986)
as Funding
A teleplay about a Hispanic family living in New York City. The Iglesia family is in crisis over shattered dreams and dreams yet to be fulfilled, and Ramon Iglesia, after living in the United States for nineteen long, disappointing years, decides to move his family back to his native Puerto Rico. Th

725.

Pavarotti Plus! (1986)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Celebrating his silver anniversary as a performer, Luciano Pavarotti is heard in a concert of solos, duets, and ensembles telecast live from Avery Fisher Hall in New York. The "plus" of the event consists of eight young American singers invited to participate by Pavarotti himself.

726.

Virgil Thompson at 90 (1986)
as Funding
Composer Virgil Thompson is profiled in this documentary. The program looks at the American composer who turned 90 on November 25, 1986. Thompson speaks for himself, looking back over his long and prolific career. Also included are interviews with friends and colleagues, and excerpts from some of hi

727.

Choreography By Jerome Robbins With the New York City Ballet (1986)
as Funding
Two diverse ballets by the choreographer Jerome Robbins are performed. "Antique Epigraphs," first seen in 1984, is neo-classic in style and derived from ancient Greek themes. "Fancy Free," one of the staples of American ballet, describes the adventures of three sailors on leave in New York City.

728.

Valentine's Revenge (1986)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An adaptation of a short story by O. Henry (William Sydney Porter), written while he was in prison and inspired by the thoughts of a dying prisoner, about a safecracker named Jimmy Valentine who decides to reform when he falls in love with the daughter of his potential victim.

729.

Einstein on the Beach: The Changing Image of Opera (1986)
as Funding
A performance documentary about the collaboration between composer Philip Glass and theater artist Robert Wilson who are seen at work remounting their opera, "Einstein on the Beach," for the Brooklyn Academy of Music's 1984 Next Wave Festival. The film, a presentation of "Great Performances," featur

730.

Paper Angels (1985)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
In 1915, eager, hopeful, and frightened Chinese immigrants await permission to cross San Francisco Bay and enter the United States. While in the detention center on Angel Island, the main characters confront the indignity of being treated as aliens as they try to realize their dreams for a better li

731.

Breakfast With Les and Bess (1985)
as Funding
An adapation of Lee Kalcheim's stage play, which describes a day in the life of a couple who broadcast a radio talk show from their New York apartment in the early '60s.

732.

Sylvia Fine Kaye's Musical Comedy Tonight III (The Spark and the Glue) (1985)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Songs and scenes by Jerome Kern, George Gershwin, Rodgers and Hart, and Irving Berlin, performed by some of the country's leading musical comedy stars, and hosted by Sylvia Fine Kaye. The performance was taped before a live audience at Los Angeles' Wilshire Ebell Theatre.

733.

And the Children Shall Lead (1985)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A young black girl is greatly moved by the coming of the civil rights movement to her sleepy Mississippi town.

734.

Three Sovereigns For Sarah (1985)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A three-part drama set in 17th-century Massachusetts at the time of the Salem witch trials. Sarah Cloyce, a woman wrongly accused of witchcraft, bravely faces her accusers to emerge triumphantly.

735.

Grown Ups (1985)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Jake, a successful journalist, has difficulties living up to the expectations of his family. He struggles to re-define his life as he attempts to cope unsuccessfully with his troubled wife, his demanding child, his parents, and his sister at a family reunion.

736.

Seal Morning (1985)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A two-part "WonderWorks" presentation about a sensitive young girl and her reclusive aunt who come to love and understand each other through their mutual love for nature, particularly a seal named Lora.

737.

Charlotte Forten's Mission: Experiment in Freedom (1985)
as Funding
At the beginning of the Civil War, Union gunboats sailed into Port Royal Sound, on the Sea Islands off the coast of Georgia. White plantation owners fled, and the 10,000 blacks who lived there, almost all of whom were slaves, were freed in the first test of President Abraham Lincoln's dream of emanc

738.

Juilliard School at 80, The (1985)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Originating live from the Juilliard Theater and the Juilliard Drama Theater, the telecast celebrates the conservatory's eightieth anniversary. The program includes drama, dance, and musical excerpts.

739.

About Tap (1985)
as Funding
The film explores different styles of tap dancing with four proponents of the art.

740.

Under the Biltmore Clock (1985)
as Funding
An adaptation of an F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, set in the 1920s, which describes the experiences of Myra Harper who hangs around the lobby of the Biltmore Hotel in New York City where many romances bloom under the famous Biltmore clock. Myra finds a husband but problems arise when she meets th

741.

Star-Crossed Romance of Josephine Cosnowski, The (1985)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An adaptation of short stories by Jean Shepherd describing the growing-up pangs and pains of Ralph, the teenage son of a typical midwestern family. At Thanksgiving dinner, Ralph discovers his infatuation with an exotic Polish girl from East Chicago who has moved next door.

742.

Fire in the Stone, The (1985)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A teenager has big dreams of striking it rich and bringing his separated family back together. His problems begin when his dream comes true.

743.

Displaced Person (1985)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
The teleplay, adapted from a short story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., tells the story of a young half-black, half-German boy named Tobias who lives in a makeshift orphanage operated by a nun in the wasteland of post-World War II Germany. Tobias is determined to locate his father, whom he has been told was

744.

Some Men Need Help (1985)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
This is a story of two suburban men -- one, a rising, young, alcoholic advertising executive whose wife has left him and who is now bent on his own destruction; the other, an Italian ex-mobster turned Good Samaritan who's determined to save his life.

745.

Noon Wine (1985)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
The drama, adapted from a story by Katherine Anne Porter, tells of a Swedish immigrant who arrives on a small Texas farm at the turn of the century for work, is hired, and subsequently, and inadvertantly, causes the downfall of his employer when a suspicious visitor comes to call.

746.

Happily Ever After (1985)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
An animated special about Molly Conway, a lovable, carefree child with a colorful imagination and one big problem. Her parents don't get along anymore and their situation seems irreconcilable. When they decide to divorce, Molly has her own plans to keep them together.

747.

Canterville Ghost, The (1985)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
An adaptation of Oscar Wilde's story about a ghost, walled up in a dungeon and left to die centuries ago for cowardice, who must prove his courage before being released from his haunting duties.

748.

Magic Flute (1985)
as Funding
A young couple, much in love, is separated by the girl's family so that she can marry a rich but unattractive nobleman. A boy, through his generosity, unknowingly helps a god who gives him a magic flute. When played, this flute makes people dance against their will. Through the boy's use of the flut

749.

Miracle at Moreaux (1985)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
In occupied France during World War II, a nun and her young charges risk their lives to harbor a group of Jewish children escaping the Nazis. Based on a true story.

750.

Bridge to Terabithia (1985)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
The story of a special friendship between two 11-year-olds in a rural farming community: a sensitive and quiet farmboy who builds a private world with an imaginative, independent tomboy.

751.

Joy That Kills, The (1985)
as Funding
The drama, adapted from a short story by Kate Chopin, is set in turn-of-the-century New Orleans, and tells the story of a frail child-bride, married to a man who refuses to let her out of the house "for her own good." Circumstances lead her to believe that she can break free from her "prison," but

752.

Konrad (1985)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A two-part "WonderWorks" presentation about a perfect instant child "born" in a factory at age 8. Due to a mistake in the factory's computer, Konrad is delivered to Bertie Bartolotti, a woman whose life and appearance are in a constant state of disarray. Konrad arrives looking like a gremlin, but wh

Forza del Destino, La (1984)
as Funding
Verdi's opera dramatizing the relentless power of fate, set in eighteenth-century Spain. Leonora and her lover, Don Alvaro, are separated after Alvaro accidentally kills her father. Leonora becomes a recluse at a monastery and is slain by her brother Carlo as revenge. This "Live From the Met" presen

755.

House of Dies Drear, The (1984)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A black family moves into an old house that hides several mysteries, including one involving a ghost.

756.

Solomon Northrup's Odyssey (1984)
as Funding
Based on his own writings, the drama follows the life of Solomon Northrup, who was kidnapped into slavery in the mid-19th century and spent twelve years as a slave on Louisiana plantations.

757.

Hughie (1984)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An adaptation of O'Neill's play about a down-and-out gambler whose very survival depends on his talent for telling tales and on the necessity of having someone there to listen -- in this case, the bored and lonely front desk clerk at the flea-bitten hotel where Erie resides.

758.

Cafeteria, The (1984)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A one-hour adaptation of a short story by Isaac Bashvis Singer which tells the story of a successful European-born writer, a refugee in the United States, and a young woman who is a survivor of the Holocaust. The action takes place in a 1960s New York City cafeteria which is a haven for isolated and

759.

Matter of Principle, A (1984)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
Flagg Purdy, a stubborn, principled man who does not believe in celebrating Christmas as a holiday, must cope with the attempt by his daughter's fiance to introduce Christmas to the Purdy household for the first time.

760.

To the Lighthouse (1984)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
An adaptation of Virginia Woolf's novel. The film focuses on the Ramsay family's last summer at the seashore, before personal tragedy and the outbreak of World War I destroy their world.

761.

Words by Heart (1984)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
Set at the turn of the century, a young girl and her family are the only blacks living in a small midwestern community, where they face hatred and prejudice.

762.

Booker (1984)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
The story of young Booker T. Washington prior to the Civil War, whose greatest dream is to learn how to read in the South where reading is a crime for blacks.

763.

City News (1984)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An "underground" newspaper and its publisher/editor sturggle to survive in the face of financial disaster. The editor is a driven man whose whole life has been a series of failures. When he does finally succeed in building a huge media empire, he finds it is "lonely at the top."

764.

Pudd'nhead Wilson (1984)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An adaptation of Mark Twain's novel of mistaken identity, in which a slave woman cradle-switches her own light-skinned son with her master's white son. The ruse is uncovered by Pudd'nhead Wilson, the local lawyer.

765.

Killing Floor, The (1984)
as Funding
The story of a black slaughterhouse worker who was part of the pioneering attempt to unionize the often fractious Chicago meatpackers at the end of World War I. But the post-war recession only increased the racial tensions already simmering within the slaughterhouses and stockyards and culminated in

766.

Ghost Writer, The (1984)
as Funding
An "American Playhouse" presentation, adapted from a novel by Philip Roth, telling of the experience of Nathan Zuckerman, a 45-year-old writer who, as a young man, visits an older, world famous author, Manny Lonoff, whom he discovers living in seclusion with two women -- his frustrated wife, and a y

767.

Islands (1984)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
Two women -- one a mountain hermit; the other, a sullen suburban girl -- find, to their mutual surprise, that they need each other.

768.

Boy Who Loved Trolls, The (1984)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A boy fights to retain his childhood dreams when he runs away to search for the troll he knows exists outside of fairy tales.

769.

Hoboken Chicken Mystery, The (1984)
as Funding ("Wonderworks")
A boy brings home a 266-pound live chicken for his family's Thanksgiving dinner.

770.

Gin Game, The (1984)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An adaptation of D. L. Coburn's play about two residents of a nursing home whos gin rummy games bring out the best and the worst in both of them.

771.

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1984)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
The story, set in a Mississippi Delta plantation house, focuses on a wealthy southern family divided by hypocrisy and malice. Big Daddy, the head of the family, is dying of cancer and about to lose his power over his family. His son, Brick, a former football hero, is having marital problems with his

772.

Concealed Enemies (1984)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A dramatization of the Alger Hiss/Whittaker Chambers spy case of the late '40s as it was carried out in hearings of the House Un-American Activities Committee. The case against Hiss later went to a criminal court where he was convicted -- some contend unjustly -- of espionage and treason agaist his

773.

Baryshnikov by Tharp with American Ballet Theatre (1984)
as Funding
Twyla Tharp and Mikhail Baryshnikov combine talents to recreate for television three outstanding Tharp ballets: "The Little Ballet," "Sinatra Suite," and "Push Comes to Shove." The works are linked by "The ABCs of Dance," a "stroll" through the vocabulary of dance conducted by Baryshnikov.

774.

Popular Neurotics (1984)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
Two young urban professionals, each with their own individual, idiosyncratic, eccentric neuroses, make the fatal mistake one day of meeting by chance at an automatic bank teller machine and making a date for the movies. From there on in, it's anyone's guess whether egos and emotions will survive the

775.

Sam Shepard's "True West" (1984)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An adaptation for television of Sam Shepard's play about the antagonistic relationship of two brothers, Lee, a slovenly drifter and cat burglar, and Austin, an up-and-coming screenwriter. Set in rural California, the action begins when Lee turns up unexpectedly at his mother's house, now being tende

776.

Balanchine (1984)
as Funding
A two-part documentary retrospective on the life and career of choreographer George Balanchine. Using materials assembled from numerous sources, including archival and private collections, the programs follow the development of Balanchine's art from his youthful years at the Maryinsky Theater in pre

777.

Song For Dead Warriors, A (1984)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A ballet reflecting on the plight of the American Indian is based loosely on the story of Richard Oakes, one of the leaders of a group of Indians which occupied Alcatraz Island in the late 1960s. The ballet uses special effects, larger-than-life-size graphics and special video effects to infuse the

778.

Wings (1983)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
Adapted from Arthur Kopit's play, the drama is a stream-of-consciousness account of the experiences of Emily Stilson, a former daredevil aviatrix, who has suffered a stroke. The woman shares her confusion and frustrations with viewers, as she struggles to make sense of the world and to recover her p

779.

Skin of Our Teeth, The (1983)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
The story of the ups and downs of the Antrobus family, a group based on the biblical first family of Adam, Eve, Cain and Abel. Their adventures are meant to represent those of the family of humanity throughout its long, sordid history.

780.

Eubie Blake: A Century of Music (1983)
as Funding
A tribute to Eubie Blake, pianist and composer of over 1000 songs, on the occasion of his one-hundredth birthday.

781.

Rothko Conspiracy, The (1983)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A dramatization of the last years in the life of the American artist, Mark Rothko, his tragic suicide, and the ensuing art scandal involving the illegal sale of his works, which resulted in a nationally publicized trial and damages of $9.2 million.

782.

Keeping On (1983)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
The story of the uphill struggle of a small southern town to unionize its textile mill. It focuses on the efforts of a black mill worker and a white union organizer who meet opposition not only from plant management but also from their families. The drama explores the important role of women in the

783.

Miss Lonelyhearts (1983)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A dramatization of Nathaniel West's novel which tells the story of a young reporter during the Depression who is assigned to write the newpspaper's lovelorn column. He meets one of the lonely women who has written to him, and his base response to her pitiful attempt at seduction shocks and saddens h

784.

Family Business (1983)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A story of an old man whose imminent death finds his four sons bickering over the inheritance that crystallizes the marked differences between them.

785.

File on Jill Hatch, The (1983)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A black G.I. marries a white English girl and brings her to the United States in the 1950s. As an interracial couple they face the racial tensions of the American South. Their daughter later travels to England at the time of the Brixton race riots.

786.

Until She Talks (1983)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A young woman whose former involvement with a couple being investigated by the FBI leads her first before a grand jury and then to a jail cell -- all because she refuses to testify. The film examines the legal process that put her behind bars and the increasing pressures for her to compromise her pr

787.

Verse Person Singular (1983)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An hour of first-person poetry performed by Richard Kiley as he assumes the personas of several legendary characters immortalized in well-known poems.

788.

Charley's Aunt (1983)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
An adaptation of the 1892 play by Brandon Thomas about Fancourt Babberly, an English aristocrat inveigled into portraying the aunt of his friend, Charley, a Yale undergraduate, so he can act as a chaperone while Charley entertains his proper young lady.

789.

Met Centennial Gala Telecast (1983)
as Funding
Two live concerts of arias, ensembles, and orchestral works are telecast from the stage of the Metropolitan Opera House in one day (matinee and evening) to celebrate the company's 100th birthday. The Metropolitan Opera's first performance occured on October 22, 1883, at the Old Metropolitan Opera H

790.

Who Am I This Time? (1982)
as Funding
A one-hour film, adapted from a story by Kurt Vonnegut, Jr., about a painfully shy young man who can only be dynamic when acting in the local amateur theatrical society. In real life, Harry is the timid, bashful clerk at the local hardware store. When a new co-star for Harry comes onto the scene, th

791.

Working (1982)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A musical adaptation of Studs Terkel's book about the average working man and woman which takes the viewpoint that he or she is anything but average.

Ellis Island (1982)
as Funding
Ghost story about immigrant ancestors set on Ellis Island.

794.

Great American Fourth of July and Other Disasters, The (1982)
as Funding
An adaptation of short stories by Jean Shepherd describing the quintessential American family on a hot Fourth of July in Indiana in the 1940's. Dad and Mom, their two sons, little Randy and 16-year-old Ralph, the hero of the drama with time on his hands, and several town eccentrics complete the pict

795.

Medal of Honor Rag (1982)
as Funding
Sitting in a bathrobe in the office of his U.S. army psychiatrist, a young black Vietnam vet, recently awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor, confronts the demons that haunt him from his war days. Inspired by the case of an actual veteran, the drama examines the social and individual cost of the

796.

Seguin (1982)
as Funding
A dramatization of the life of Juan Seguin, a heroic Mexican-Texan who became entangled in the struggle between two contrasting cultures in the turbulent decade between the Texas Revolution (1836) and the Mexican-American War (1846-1847).

797.

Weekend (1982)
as Funding
In this adapatation of an Ann Beattie short story, George, an attractive college professor, has lived with Lenore for many years. When he is attracted to a young coed, George must re-examine his relationship with Lenore in this drama of commitment and infidelity.

798.

Private Contentment (1982)
as Funding
A young soldier, bound for the front in World War II, makes a last visit home to attend to his mother's funeral -- and finds that his charming, traveling salesman father has had a second family for many years.

799.

Shady Hill Kidnapping, The (1982)
as Funding
A boy's mysterious disappearance from the suburb of Shady Hill sets the pace for this contempory comedy of errors about the incongruities of daily life in small-town America. The teleplay, complete with parody commericals, pokes fun at television reporting and the complacent lifestyles of this typic

800.

Come Along With Me (1982)
as Funding
Adapted from an unfinished novel by Shirley Jackson, the film tells the story of Mabel Lederer, an eccentric clairvoyant widow who tries to find happiness by assuming a new identity and moving away to a town that enchants her, in spite of the complaining voice of her deceased husband.

801.

Fifth of July (1982)
as Funding ("American Playhouse")
A television adaptation of Lanford Wilson's 1978 drama about Ken Talley, Jr., a disabled, homosexual Vietnam vet struggling to cope with a family he loves and fears.

802.

La Boheme (1982)
as Funding ("Live From The Met")
Set in Paris in the 1830s, the story relates the turbulent and tragic love affair of an idealistic young poet named Rodolfo and Mimi, a young woman stricken with tuberculosis.

803.

Traviata, La (1981)
as Funding
Violetta Valery, a celebrated Parisian courtesan, leaves the luxurious life granted her by her protector in order to live with a naive, emotional young man, Alfredo Germont. Germont's father persuades Violetta to leave Alfredo for the sake of his family's reputation, and she returns to Paris in desp

804.

Rigoletto (1981)
as Funding
Giuseppe Verdi's melodrama, set in Italy in the seventeenth century, about the court jester, Rigoletto. The clown's employer, the libidinous Duke of Mantua, rapes Rigoletto's sequestered daughter, and the jester seeks his revenge, undaunted by the terrible curse that has been laid upon him by anothe

805.

Elisir d'Amore, L' (1981)
as Funding
Donizetti's popular comic opera about a young man who believes that he can woo his sweetheart by drinking a love potion (actually just red wine) given to him by a medicine show man. Ultimately, true love wins out over the supposedly magic elixir.

806.

Lulu (1980)
as Funding
The mysterious, beautiful Lulu is irresistible to men and women alike, all of whom fall in love with her and end up destroyed by their own passions. Lulu meets her own grisly, inevitable fate in the hands of Jack the Ripper.

807.

Manon Lescaut (1980)
as Funding ("Live From The Met")
In a town near Paris, in the year 1721, Manon, a young woman on her way to join a convent, impetuously falls in love with a young man and runs off to Paris with him. The plot of Puccini's first successful opera involves Manon's off-again, on-again love for her lover Des Grieux, her rise and fall as

808.

Clytemnestra (1979)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Considered by many to be Martha Graham's greatest dance work, the ballet tells the story of Queen Clytemnestra, who murdered her husband, King Agamemnon, after he returned to Greece from the Trojan War in vengeance for his murder of their daughter Iphigenia as a sacrifice to the god Apollo prior to

809.

Vanessa (1979)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A performance of Barber's opera from the Spoleto Festival in South Carolina. The story concerns a middle-aged woman named Vanessa who has waited twenty years for her lover to return and has had only her niece, Erika, to share her life and reflect her despair. When Anatol, the son of her now-dead lov

810.

Coppelia (1978)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A live telecast of a production of the well-known ballet, "Coppelia," performed by the New York City Ballet.

811.

San Francisco Ballet (1978)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
The San Francisco Ballet performs the full-length version of "Romeo and Juliet," with music by Prokofiev and choreography by Michael Smuin.

812.

Uncommon Women and Others (1978)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
The Phoenix Theater production of Wendy Wasserstein's play about a reunion of five graduates of an exclusive New England college for women.

813.

Paul Taylor Dance Company (1978)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
"Esplanade" and "Runes" -- two works by noted modern dance choreographer Paul Taylor -- are performed by members of his company.

814.

Saint of Bleecker Street, The (1978)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A live broadcast of the New York City Opera production of Menotti's drama about first-generation immigrants in the Little Italy district of New York City.

815.

American Ballet Theatre (1978)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
The American Ballet Theatre performs four works from its repertoire in a live broadcast from Lincoln Center. The ballets include: "Les Sylphides," "Don Quixote Pas de Deux," "Theme and Variations," and "The Firebird." During the two intermissions there are live on-camera interviews with Mikhail Bar

816.

Choreography by Balanchine, Part II (1977)
as Funding
The second of a two-part special. Members of the New York City Ballet dance in a special performance as a tribute to their principal choreographer, George Balanchine. The music performed includes Tchaikovsky's "Diamonds" and a violin concerto by frequent Balanchine collaborator Igor Stravinsky.

817.

New York Philharmonic, The (1977)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Erich Leinsdorf conducts the New York Philharmonic in a live telecast from Avery Fisher Hall, with pianist Andre Watts performing music by Brahms.

Trailblazers of Modern Dance (1977)
as Funding
The course of modern dance is traced from the early years of this century through the 1930s. Dances performed are: "Five Brahms Waltzes in the Manner of Isadora Duncan," "Polonaise," "Soaring," "Mother," "Scriabin Etudes," and "Japanese Spear Dance."

Giselle (1977)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A live telecast of Adolphe Adam's ballet "Giselle," performed by the American Ballet Theatre.

824.

Choreography By Balanchine, Part I (1977)
as Funding
The first of a two-part special honoring the celebrated choreographer and founder of the New York City Ballet, George Balanchine. Includes performances of ballets such as Ravel's "Tzigane," Hindemith's "The Four Temperaments," and one inspired by Mozart's "Divertimento No. 15."

825.

Dance Theatre of Harlem (1977)
as Funding
The Dance Theatre of Harlem performs five ballets from its repertoire: "Forces of Rhythm," "Bugaku," "Dougla," "Holberg Suite," and "The Beloved." The company is also seen in rehearsal.

Pennsylvania Ballet, The (1976)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Excerpts from the following ballets are performed by the Pennsylvania Ballet: "Madrigalesco," "Grosse Fugue," "Adagio Hammerklavier," "Concerto Barocco," and "Concerto Grosso."

831.

New York Philharmonic, The (1976)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
Rafael Kubelik conducts the New York Philharmonic in a live telecast from Avery Fisher Hall in New York, with pianist Claudio Arrau performing music by Beethoven.

832.

Swan Lake (1976)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A live telecast of a performance of Tchaikovsky's well-known and well-loved ballet, from a production by the American Ballet Theatre.

833.

Ballad of Baby Doe, The (1976)
as Funding ("Live From Lincoln Center")
An American opera featuring characters based on real people who lived through the fabled silver mining days in 19th century Colorado. Baby Doe is a beautiful young woman who wins the love of Horace Tabor, 30 years her senior and the richest man in Colorado. He spurns the love of his first wife, Augu

834.

Andre Watts (1976)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A recital featuring renowned pianist Andre Watts, telecast live from the stage of Avery Fisher Hall in New York.

835.

City Center Joffrey Ballet (1976)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
The Joffrey Ballet performs excerpts from the following ballets: "Remembrances," "Olympics," "Parade," "The Green Table," and "Trinity."

836.

Martha Graham Dance Company (1976)
as Funding ("Great Performances")
A performance of six works by Martha Graham: "Frontier," "Lamentation," "Appalachian Spring," "Diversion of Angels," "Adorations," and "Cave of the Heart." All dances are performed by the Martha Graham Dance Company.

Production Companies (special)

837.

Waldo Salt: A Screenwriter's Journey (1990)
A documentary tracing the career and life of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Waldo Salt, who overcame the stigma of the 1950s blacklist to write "Midnight Cowboy," "Serpico," and "Coming Home."